The Mechanization of Nature: Matter, Body, and Motion in Blasius of Parma’s Physics / Henrik Lagerlund, Sylvain Roudaut, Erik Åkerlund, and Robert Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lagerlund, Henrik, author.

Åkerlund, Erik, author.

Andrews, Robert, author.

Roudaut, Sylvain, author.

Series:

Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; 140.

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; 140

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pelacani da Parma, Biagio, approximately 1347-1416.

Pelacani da Parma, Biagio.

Aristotle. Physics.

Aristotle.

Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation--History--To 1500.

History.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a groundbreaking study of the Italian philosopher and scientist, Blasius of Parma (1350-1416). For the first time in English, it presents key elements of his commentary on Aristotle’s Physics both through interpretive analysis and edited texts. The main interpretive claim is that Blasius is an early mechanical philosopher. It shows this by studying six carefully selected aspects of his physics. These six aspects are Blasius’ (1) use of mechanics (science of weights), (2) analysis of causality, (3) account of motion, (4) analysis of rarefaction and condensation, (5) view of artifacts, and (6) the use of a new analytical language in physics. Authors of the interpretive essays are Erik Åkerlund, Joël Biard, Henrik Lagerlund, and Sylvain Roudaut.

Contents:

Scales and weights : introducing mechanics into natural philosophy / Sylvain Roudaut

Causality and causal powers in Blasius of Parma's physics / Joël Biard

Blasius of Parma on motion in the sublunary world / Erik Åkerlund, Henrik Lagerlund, and Sylvain Roudaut

Rarefaction and condensation in Blasius' physics / Erik Åkerlund

Blasius of Parma's account of artifacts in the physics / Henrik Lagerlund

Building a unified theory of nature : the functions of the 'new analytical languages' in Blasius of Parma's questions on the physics / Sylvain Roudaut

Description of the manuscripts / Robert Andrews

Liber II q. 1 : utrum domificator in faciendo domum faciat aliquid rebus naturalibus condistinctum

Liber II q. 2 : utrum quaelibet ens naturale habeat in se principium motus et quietis

Liber II q. 7 : utrum ad cuiuscumque rei naturalis generationem praeter particulare agens requiratur influxus causae universalis, quae causa universalis dicitur sol

Liber II q. 8 : utrum inter agentia particularia, supposita semper generali influentia superiorum, possit qualitas una vel plures formam substantialem producere

Liber IV q. 2 : utrum entia naturalia distantia ab eorum locis naturalibus moveantur ad illa impedimentis subtractis

Liber IV q. 3 : utrum corpora naturalia appetant moveri ad eorum loca naturalia per lineas breviores

Liber IV q. 7 : utrum rarefactio sit possibilis

Liber V, q. 1 : utrum agens naturale, hora qua agit in passum, agat in ipsum secundum se totum et quamlibet eius partem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-73496-1

OCLC:

1527722702

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004734968 DOI