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Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roochnik, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : SUNY Press, ©2013.
Colección:SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. One Stars Are Eternal
  • I.1. There Are Only Three Dimensions
  • I.2. Threeness Determines Wholeness
  • I.3. There Are Four Elements
  • I.4. Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place
  • I.5. Circle Is Perfect
  • I.6. Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal
  • I.7. History Is More or Less Bunk
  • I.8. Religion Bears Witness to the Truth
  • ch. Two Nature is Purpose
  • II.1. Teleology Is Good Science
  • II.2. Intelligent Design Isn't All Stupid
  • II.3. Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not
  • II.4. Form Is Nature More than Matter
  • II.5. Form Is More Divine than Matter
  • II.6. Nature Is Hierarchical
  • II.7. To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples
  • II.8. Finite Is Better than the Infinite
  • II.9. Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are
  • ch. Three Being Is Good
  • III.1. Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology
  • III.2. There Are Substances Out There
  • III.3. We Know a Substance When We See One
  • III.4. God Is Alive and Good
  • III.5. To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life
  • ch. Four Truth Is Easy
  • IV.1. If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul
  • IV.2. World Is Nourishing
  • IV.3. Perceiving Is Like Eating
  • IV.4. We Are Wrong More Often than Not
  • IV.5. Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating)
  • IV.6. We Can Say What We Think
  • IV.7. We "Truth" the World
  • ch. Five Theoretical Life Is Divine
  • V.1. Life Is Meaningful
  • V.2. Happiness Is Objective
  • V.3. Good Life Comes from Good Habits
  • V.4. Freedom Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
  • V.5. Moral Evaluation Requires Stories
  • V.6. Smart Moral People Are Better than Dumb Moral People
  • V.7. Lack-of-Leisure Is for the Sake of Leisure
  • V.8. Theoria Is Not "Contemplation"
  • ch. Six Enough Is Enough
  • VI.1. Best City Needs the Best Life
  • VI.2. Practical Life Is Not the Best
  • VI.3. Natural Slavery Is Justified
  • VI.4. Woman's Place Is in the Home
  • VI.5. Small, but Not Too Small, Is Beautiful
  • VI.6. War Is for the Sake of Peace
  • VI.7. Philosophy Cures.