Physiologia : Natural Philosophy in Late Aristotelian and Cartesian Thought /

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Physiologia makes accessible, for the first time in English, major themes of sixteenth-century Aristotelianism, the culmination of four hundred years of commentary and criticism. In his incisive and readable treatment, Dennis Des Chene supplies the Aristotelian background necessary for understanding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Des Chene, Dennis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Descartes, Rene, > 1596-1650.
Aristotle.
Aristotle > Influence.
Descartes, Rene, > 1596-1650 > Influence.
Aristotle, > 384-322 B.C. > Influence.
Cartesianisme.
Natuurfilosofie.
Aristotelisme.
Physics > Philosophy.
Philosophy of nature.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Philosophie de la nature.
Philosophie medievale.
Physique > Philosophie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 8. Motion and Its Causes
  • 9. Parts of Matter
  • 10. World without Ends.

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