The Architecture of the Science of Living Beings
The Architecture of the Science of Living Beings

Author: Andrea Falcon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2024-06-06

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1009426389

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Scholars have paid ample attention to Aristotle's works on animals. By contrast, they have paid little or no attention to Theophrastus' writings on plants. That is unfortunate because there was a shared research project in the early Peripatos which amounted to a systematic, and theoretically motivated, study of perishable living beings (animals and plants). This is the first sustained attempt to explore how Aristotle and Theophrastus envisioned this study, with attention focused primarily on its deep structure. That entails giving full consideration to a few transitional passages where Aristotle and Theophrastus offer their own description of what they are trying to do. What emerges is a novel, sophisticated, and largely idiosyncratic approach to the topic of life. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Lagoon
The Lagoon

Author: Armand Marie Leroi

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0143127985

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In The Lagoon, acclaimed biologist Armand Marie Leroi recovers Aristotle's science. He revisits Aristotle's writings and the places where he worked. He goes to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to see the creatures that Aristotle saw, where he saw them. He explores Aristotle's observations, his deep ideas, his inspired guesses--and the things he got wildly wrong. He shows how Aristotle's science is deeply intertwined with his philosophical system and reveals that he was not only the first biologist, but also one of the greatest.

Aristotle's Politics
Aristotle's Politics

Author: Thornton Lockwood

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-10-09

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 110705270X

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Offering fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work, this collection opens new paths for students and scholars to explore.

Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics
Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics

Author: Tuomas E. Tahko

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-12-08

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1139502697

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Aristotelian (or neo-Aristotelian) metaphysics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. This volume brings together fourteen essays from leading philosophers who are sympathetic to this conception of metaphysics, which takes its cue from the idea that metaphysics is the first philosophy. The primary input from Aristotle is methodological, but many themes familiar from his metaphysics will be discussed, including ontological categories, the role and interpretation of the existential quantifier, essence, substance, natural kinds, powers, potential, and the development of life. The volume mounts a strong challenge to the type of ontological deflationism which has recently gained a strong foothold in analytic metaphysics. It will be a useful resource for scholars and advanced students who are interested in the foundations and development of philosophy.