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Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-library, otherwise very good. 649 pages. 649 pp.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Wie neu. 209 p. : Ill. Das Exemplar ist in tadellosem Zustand und neuwertig. / The copy is in mint condition and as good as new. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Aristotle, On the Movement of Animals -- Michael of Ephesus, Commentary on the Movement of Animals -- Notes, MA -- Aristotle, on the Progression of Animals -- Michael of Ephesus, Commentary on the Progression of Animals -- Notes, IA -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Proper Names -- (Publishing text:) Michael of Ephesus was an asso- ciate of Anna Comnena in the twelfth century. His commen- taries on Aristotle's logical, bio- logical, ethical, and political trea- tises apart from short extracts have never been translated into a modern language. Anthony Preus here presents English transla- tions of the commentaries on Aristotle's Movement and Pro- gression of Animals, together with versions of Aristotle's trea- tises in conformity with the commentaries. The Introduction places Michael of Ephesus into his historical setting, tracing some of his predecessors in the philosophical tradition of Byzan- tium, and suggesting some pos- sible influences of his work among the scholastics and in the Renaissance. Extensive notes dis- cuss questions of philology, philosophy, and the history of science. The volume is com- pleted with a bibliography and indices. Michael of Ephesus was a major link in the transmission of Aristotle's text and tradition to the West; the Movement and Progression of Animals were not commented upon in antiquity, nor were they known to the Muslims, so Michael's commen- taries are the only extant pre- scholastic commentaries on these treatises. They serve as examples of a certain Byzantine philoso- phical and scientific tradition which relies heavily on the work of Alexander of Aphrodisias and other Aristotelians of late anti- quity; in Michael's work, neither Christianity nor Neoplatonism is strongly influential. Rather, the commentator has attempted and largely succeeded in recreating the original spirit of Aristotle's text. ISBN 9783487070735 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 782.

Paperback. Condition: Gut. V, 250 p.: Ill. Lediglich leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Einband, sonst ein sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / only slight signs of usage on the cover, otherwise a clean copy without markings. - Contents Introduction Anthony Preus 1. Anaximanders Measurements Revisited Gerard Naddaf 2. Anaximanders Discovery of Space Dirk L. Couprie 3. Anaximanders Infinite Worlds Richard McKirahan 4. The Philolaic Method: The Pythagoreanism Behind the Philebus Carl Huffman 5. Zeno Moves! Wallace I. Matson 6. Whole-Natured Forms in Empedocless Cosmic Cycle Joel Wilcox 7. Atomic Independence and Indivisibility Istvan M. Bodnár 8. Why Democritus Was Not a Skeptic Patricia Curd 9. The Truth of Antiphons Truth Michael Gagarin 10. The Dissoi Logoi and Early Greek Skepticism Thomas M. Robinson 11. Moral Dilemmas and Integrity in Sophocless Philoctetes Carol Steinberg Gould Bibliography Contributors Index of Proper Names Index of Concepts Index of Classical Passages Cited. ISBN 9780791449561 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 342.