De caelo / Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and notes by C.D.C. Reeve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aristotle, author.

Contributor:

Reeve, C. D. C., 1948- translator, writer of supplementary textual content.

Series:

Aristotle. English (New Hackett Aristotle) Works.

The new Hackett Aristotle

Standardized Title:

De caelo. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Physical Description:

lv, 267 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2020]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: De Caelo

Book I

I 1 The completeness of the universe

I 2 The existence of a fifth elemental body (primary body, ether) whose spatial movement is circular

I 3 This body is exempt from alteration and passing away

I 4 Circular movement has no contrary

I 5 Primary body is not unlimited

I 6 Nor are any of the other elements

I 7 In general, no body is unlimited

I 8 There cannot be more than one heaven: proved on the basis of the natural movements and places of the elements

I 9 Proved on the basis of form and matter

I 10 The heaven is incapable of coming to be or passing away

I 11 Ways in which things are incapable of coming to be or passing away

I 12 Argument that the heaven is incapable of coming to be or passing away continued

Book II

II 1 Corroboration of this conclusion about the heaven from the examination of ancient views

II 2 Up, down, left, right in the heaven

II 3 Why there are several spatial movements in the heaven

II 4 Why the shape of the heaven must be spherical

II 5 Why the primary heaven revolves in one direction rather than the other

II 6 Why its movement is regular rather than irregular

II 7 The stars: not composed of fire; the source of their heat and light

II 8 Their spatial movement is due to the spheres to which they are attached

II 9 No harmony of the spheres

II 10 Their order

II 11 Their spherical shape

II 12 Resolutions of two puzzles about their movements

II 13 The earth: previous views

II 14 The earth: at rest at the center and spherical in shape

Book III

III 1 Summary of previous books and of previous views on coming to be; why bodies cannot be composed of planes (Plato) or numbers (Pythagoreans)

III 2 Every simple body has a natural movement; how non-natural movement occurs

III 3 The nature of elements

III 4 Their number; refutation of atomism

III 5 There is more than one element

III 6 Elements are not eternal but come to be from each other

III 7 How they do so; the views of Empedocles and Plato refuted

III 8 Elements not differentiated by their shape

Book IV

IV 1 Heavy and light; unconditionally vs. relatively so

IV 2 Examination of previous views

IV 3 The movement of heavy and light bodies

IV 4 The differentiae of heavy and light bodies

IV 5 The way in which their matter is one

IV 6 Shape and the movements of bodies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781624668562

1624668569

9781624668814

162466881X

OCLC:

1145920352

Publisher Number:

99987829527