Aristotle’s Theory of Material Substance
Heat and Pneuma, Form and Soul
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ISBN-13:
9780198238645
Veröffentl:
1999
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.03.1999
Seiten:
248
Autor:
Gad Freudenthal
Gewicht:
355 g
Format:
216x140x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book offers an original new account of one of Aristotle's central doctrines. Freudenthal He recreates from Aristotle's writings a more complete theory of material substance which is able to explain the problematical areas of the way matter organizes itself and the persistence of matter, to show that the hitherto ignored concept of vital heat is as central in explaining material substance as soul or form.
Introduction; 1. Vital Heat in the Physico-Physiological Theory of Persistence and of Higher Soul Functions; 2. The Roots of Aristotle's Vital Heat: The De Philosophia and Kindred Presocratic Doctrines; 3. Soul, Vital Heat, and Connate Pneuma; 4. The Chemistry of Cohesion and of Decay; Conclusion; Bibliography; Indexes
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