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On Aristotle's "On coming-to-be and perishing 2.2-5" / Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Emma Gannagé ; guest editor, Peter Adamson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias
- Series:
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- [The ancient commentators on Aristotle]
- Standardized Title:
- On Aristotle's On coming-to-be and perishing 2.2-5. English
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. De generatione et corruptione.
- Aristotle.
- Physics--Early works to 1800.
- Physics.
- Chemistry--Early works to 1800.
- Chemistry.
- Science, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- x, 162 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- Alexander of Aphrodisias 2
- Alexander's commentary On Aristotle On Coming-to-Be and Perishing 6
- Jabir b. Hayyan, Book of Morphology 10
- I The authenticity of Alexander's commentary in Jabir's Book of Morphology, and the theory of elements 14
- A Four explicit references 15
- B Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Isra'ili as confirmation of the commentary's authenticity 21
- C Elements in the proper sense, and the primary perceptible bodies 43
- II Prime matter and elemental hylomorphism 56
- A Alexander and the tradition 57
- B Elemental change and prime matter 60
- Appendix Treatise of Ya'qub b. Ishaq al-Isra'ili al-Mahalli 127.
- Notes:
- Series title from jacket.
- Revision of the translator's thesis (Ph. D.)--Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris I, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-138) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0801443350
- OCLC:
- 61520463
- Publisher Number:
- 9780801443350
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