Themistius: On Aristotle Physics 5-8

by Themistius

Book Overview

Themistius' treatment of Books 5-8 of Aristotle's Physics shows this commentator's capacity to identify, isolate and discuss the core ideas in Aristotle's account of change, his theory of the continuum, and his doctrine of the unmoved mover. His paraphrase offered his ancient students, as they will now offer his modern readers, an opportunity to encounter central features of Aristotle's physical theory, synthesized and epitomized in a manner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472558162
• ISBN13: 9781472558169
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"