Themistius: On Aristotle Physics 5-8

Informationen zum Autor Robert B. Todd Klappentext Themistius' treatment of Books 5-8 of Aristotle's Physics shows this commentator's capacity to identify, isolate and discuss the core ideas in Aristotle's account of change, his theory of the continuum, and his doctrine of the unmoved mover. His paraphrase offered his ancient students, as they will now offer his modern readers, an opportunity to encounter central features of Aristotle's physical theory, synthesized and epitomized in a manner that has always marked Aristotelian exegesis but was raised to a new level by the innovative method of paraphrase pioneered by Themistius. Taking selective but telling accounts of the earlier Peripatetic tradition (notably Theophrastus and Alexander of Aphrodisias), this commentator creates a framework that can still be profitably used by Aristotelian scholars today. Zusammenfassung Discusses the core ideas in Aristotle's account of change, his theory of the continuum, and his doctrine of the unmoved mover. This book covers the central features of Aristotle's physical theory, synthesized and epitomized in a manner that has always marked Aristotelian exegesis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface - Richard Sorabji Conventions Introduction Textual Emendations Translation Book 5 Book 6 (chs 1-6; 8-10) Book 7 (chs 2-5) Book 8 Notes Bibliography and Abbreviations English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited Subject Index

Product details

• Authors: Themistius
• Assisted by: Robert B. Todd (Editor), Robert B. Todd (Translation), Todd Robert B. (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2008
• EAN: 9780715636640
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3664-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristo; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; Ancient Commentators on Aristo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Ancient Greece, SCIENCE / Physics / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Physics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500