Aristotle's theory of material substance : heat and pneuma, form and soul / Gad Freudenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freudenthal, Gad, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Substance (Philosophy).

Four elements (Philosophy).

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 235 pages)

Other Title:

Heat and pneuma, form and soul

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Gad Freudenthal offers an account of one of the most influential of ancient philosophical and scientific doctrines Aristotle's theory of material substance.

Contents:

I. Vital Heat in the Physico-Physiological Theory of Persistence and of Higher Soul-Functions

II. The Roots of Aristotle's Vital Heat: The De Philosophia and Kindred Presocratic Doctrines

III. Soul, Vital Heat, and Connate Pneuma

IV. The Chemistry of Cohesion and Decay

Appendix A: Aristotle's Two Theories of Solidification by Cold

Appendix B: The Chemistry of Oil

Appendix C: Oil

The Social Dimensions of a Persistent Concept.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.