Physiologia : Natural Philosophy in Late Aristotelian and Cartesian Thought / Dennis Des Chene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Des Chene, Dennis, author.

Series:

Cornell paperbacks.

Cornell paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650.

Aristotle.

Aristotle, 384-322 B.C--Influence.

Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650--Influence.

Aristotle--Influence.

Physics--Philosophy.

Philosophy of nature.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 426 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Sixteenth-century Aristotelianism was the culmination of four centuries of commentary and criticism. Physiologia is one of the first books to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to that tradition in natural philosophy. In an incisive and readable treatment, Dennis Des Chene illuminates the continuities and disruptions between medieval and modern philosophy and promotes a new understanding of the philosophical setting in which modern notions of science emerged.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations and Orthographical Conventions

Introduction

PART 1: Vicaria Dei

1. Natural Change

2. Motus, Potentia, Actus

3. Form, Privation, and Substance

4. Matter, Quantity, and Figure

5. The Structure of Physical Substance

6. Finality and Final Causes

7. Nature and Counternature

PART II: Bodies in Motion

8. Motion and Its Causes

9. Parts of Matter

10. World without Ends

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-414) and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501723711

1501723715

OCLC:

605348488