New perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo / edited by Alan C. Bowen and Christian Wildberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowen, Alan C.

Wildberg, Christian.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 117.

Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 117

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. De caelo.

Aristotle.

Astronomy, Greek.

Cosmology, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the first collection of scholarly articles in any modern language devoted to Aristotle’s De caelo . It grew out of series of workshops held at Princeton, Cambridge, and Paris in the late 1990’s. Since Aristotle’s De caelo had a major influence on cosmological thinking until the time of Galileo and Kepler and helped to shape the way in which Western civilization imagined its natural environment and place at the center of the universe, familiarity with the main doctrines of the De caelo is a prerequisite for an understanding of much of the thought and culture of antiquity and the Middle Ages. This book is also available in paperback.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg

Introduction / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg

From Plato’s Timaeus To Aristotle’s De Caelo: The Case Of The Missing World Soul / Thomas K. Johansen

The Possibilities Of Being And Not-Being In De Caelo 1.11–12 / Sarah Broadie

Two Standards For Inquiry In Aristotle’s De Caelo / Robert Bolton

Natural, Unnatural, And Preternatural Motions: Contrariety And The Argument For The Elements In De Caelo 1.2–4 / R.J. Hankinson

Why Does The Earth Move To The Center? An Examination Of Some Explanatory Strategies In Aristotle’s Cosmology / Mohan Matthen

The Theory Of The Elements In De Caelo 3 And 4 / Mary Louise Gill

The Argument For The Sphericity Of The Universe In Aristotle’s De Caelo: Astronomy And Physics / Pierre Pellegrin

De Caelo 2.2 And Its Debt To The De Incessu Animalium / James G. Lennox

Why Stars Have No Feet: Explanation And Teleology In Aristotle’s Cosmology / Mariska E.M.P.J. Leunissen

The Astrologization Of The Aristotelian Cosmos: Celestial Influences On The Sublunar World In Aristotle, Alexander Of Aphrodisias, And Averroes / Gad Freudenthal

Aristotle’s De Caelo: A Bibliography / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg

Index Of Passages Cited / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg

Index Of Subjects / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg

Index Of Modern Authors / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg

Index Of Ancient And Medieval Authors / A. Bowen and C. Wildberg.

Notes:

Papers presented at a series of workshops held at Princeton, Cambridge and Paris in the late 1990's.

"Aristotle's De caelo: a bibliography"--P. [283]-298.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-94953-5

9786612949531

90-04-18982-3

OCLC:

695990224

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004173767.i-326 DOI