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On the causes of the properties of the elements : (Liber de causis proprietatum elementorum) / Albert the Great ; translated by Irven M. Resnick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
- Series:
- Mediaeval philosophical texts in translation ; no. 46.
- Mediaeval philosophical texts in translation ; no. 46
- Standardized Title:
- Liber de causis proprietatum elementorum. English & Latin
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Methodology--Early works to 1800.
- Science.
- Science, Medieval--Early works to 1800.
- Science, Medieval.
- Four elements (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.
- Four elements (Philosophy).
- De causis proprietatum elementorum.
- Aristotle--Spurious and doubtful works.
- Aristotle.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Milwaukee, WI : Marquette University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- On the causes of the properties of the elements.Albertus. Trans. by Irven M. Resnick. (Mediaeval philosophical texts in translation; no.46)Resnick (Judaic studies, U. of Tennessee-Chattanooga) has translated several works by Saint Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280), and here presents Liber de causis proprietatum elementorum, a commentary on a work in Arabic that was mistakenly attributed to Aristotle during his time. He probably wrote it, says Resnick, in Cologne, where he had been sent by his Dominican order along with his student Thomas Aquinas. (Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
- Contents:
- half title: On the Causes of the Properties of the Elements; series page: Mediæval Philosophical Texts in Translation No. 46; title page: Albert the Great On the Causes of the Properties of the Elements (Liber de causis proprietatum elementorum) Translated by Irven M. Resnick; copyright page; Contents; Abbreviations; Albert the Great On the Causes of the Properties of the Elements (Liber de causis proprietatum elementorum) Translated by Irven M. Resnick; Introduction
- Book 1, Tractate 1, Chapter 1: HERE BEGINS BOOK ONE ON THE CAUSES OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS Tractate One is on the Natural Properties of the Elements in General Book One Chapter One Chapter Two On the properties of the elements in mixed bodies; Chapter Three On the properties of the elements in composites with respect to the powers that they have for local motion, which properties are heaviness and lightness; Chapter Four On the refutation of the error of those who said that cold is natural to the elements and that heat is accidental
- Chapter Five On the properties of the elements in themselves and in composites, which are caused by differences in place The Second Tractate of the First Book on the Causes of the Properties of the Elements, Which Concerns the Properties of the Elements in Particular Chapter One On the property of the noble element, that; Chapter Two On the opinion that states that the sea is moved from place to place; Chapter Three On the refutation of the view that says that the sea is moved from place to place
- Chapter Four And this is a digression explaining the eight things that should be known in advance in order to know the rise and fall of the sea Chapter Five And this is a digression showing the true cause of the sea's rise in general and excluding the errors that are opposed to this; Chapter Six This is a digression explaining how many and which things strengthen the rises of the seas; Chapter Seven And this is a digression destroying the two erring schools [sectae] concerning the cause for the sea's rise
- Chapter Eight And this is a digression explaining the difference of seas in rising and falling Chapter Nine And this is a digression explaining the causes of floods of water; Chapter Ten And this is a digression explaining the properties of air described by the ancients; Chapter Eleven And this is a digression explaining the properties that fire has, both in its own place as well as when it goes outside its place; Chapter Twelve And this is a digression explaining the motion and the flood of fire
- Chapter Thirteen And this is a digression explaining from where the restoration of animals comes after one of the floods
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-87462-250-6
- OCLC:
- 721195112
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