Matter and Form: From Natural Science to Political Philosophy

by Michael Weinman and Ann Ward

Matter and Form explores the relationship that has long existed between natural science and political philosophy. Plato's Socrates articulates the Ideas or Forms as an account of the ultimate source of causality in the cosmos. Aristotle's natural philosophy had a significant impact on his political philosophy: he argues that humans are by nature political animals, having their natural end in the city whose regime is hierarchically structured...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739135686
• ISBN13: 9780739135686
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.1"