The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and the Elements

by Helen S. Lang

Book Overview

This 1999 book demonstrates a method for reading the texts of Aristotle by revealing a continuous line of argument running from the Physics to De Caelo. The author analyses a group of arguments that are almost always treated in isolation from one another, and reveals their elegance and coherence. She concludes by asking why these arguments remain interesting even though we now believe they are absolutely wrong and have been replaced by better ones...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521042291
• ISBN13: 9780521042291
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"