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Perspectives on Peripatetic Physics. From Theophrastus to Alexander

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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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Gweltaz Guyomarc’h, Alessio Santoro. Perspectives on Peripatetic Physics. From Theophrastus to Alexander. Brill, 176, 445 p., 2025, (Philosophia Antiqua), 978-90-04-73930-7. ⟨10.1163/9789004739314⟩. ⟨hal-05407702⟩
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