Perspectives on Peripatetic Physics. From Theophrastus to Alexander
Résumé
This volume presents the investigation of nature in the Peripatos as a continuous effort to revise and expand on the comprehensive study of the physical world inaugurated by Aristotle. Each essay examines a specific problem, theme or member of the school, bringing to the fore how Aristotle's Hellenistic and post-Hellenistic heirs renewed his scientific project. Aristotle's theory of perception is elaborated on, new arguments are put forward for the eternity of the world, providence is incorporated into the Aristotelian universe. Peripatetic physics emerges from the combination of these and other perspectives on the study of nature from Theophrastus to Alexander.
Contents
Introduction
-- Gweltaz Guyomarc’h and Alessio Santoro
Simplicius as a Source for Theophrastus’ Physics: Evidence, Challenges, Prospects
-- Han Baltussen
Was Theophrastus in Assos? New Insights on Theophrastus’ De Igne and the Debates about the Elements in the Academy
-- Mai-Lan Boureau
Theophrastus on Odorous Exhalations and the Nature of Perception
-- Robert Roreitner
Why Do Flowers Smell Good but Taste Bad? Theophrastus’ Reply
-- Katerina Ierodiakonou
Eudemus’ Physics on Cosmic Issues: Frs. 111–123b W, on Physics VIII
-- István Bodnár
Eudemus and Alexander of Aphrodisias against the Idea of an Infinite Universe
-- Robert Mayhew
Strato and the Peripatetic Background of Alexander’s On Time
-- Frans A.J. de Haas
What Is the Purpose of De Coloribus?
-- Richard Schorlemmer
Eternalism in Aristotle and in the Post-Aristotelian Tradition
-- Andrea Falcon
Physics and Eternity of the Cosmos in the Pseudo-Aristotelian De Mundo
-- Pavel Gregorić
Andronicus of Rhodes on Aristotelian Physics
-- Myrto Hatzimichali
Aspasius on Providence
-- David Lefebvre
Providence and Method: Peripatetic Physics in Adrastus’ Commentary on the Timaeus
-- Ludovica M. Fazio and Federico M. Petrucci
Alexander of Aphrodisias: Teleology without Design
-- Orna Harari
Alexander of Aphrodisias and Peripatetic Meteorology on Optical Phenomena: The Case of the Halo
-- Inna Kupreeva
Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Illumination of the Diaphanes
-- Rafaëlle Beauvallet
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