Aristotle on How Animals Move
Aristotle on How Animals Move
Stasinos Stavrianeas, University of Patras, Greece
Pantelis Golitsis, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
£94.99
GBPThe De incessu animalium forms an integral part of Aristotle's biological corpus but is one of the least studied Aristotelian works both by ancient and modern interpreters. Yet it is a treatise where we can see, with some clarity and detail, Aristotle's methodology at work. This volume contains a new critical edition of the Greek text, an English translation, and nine in-depth interpretative essays. A general introduction that focuses on the explanatory strategies adopted by Aristotle in the De incessu animalium plus a historical essay on the reception of this work in antiquity and beyond open the volume. No other work of this kind has been published in any modern language.
- Provides a new critical edition of the Greek text based on a full inspection of the Greek manuscripts as well as a new English translation
- The interpretative essays provide an in-depth discussion of all the philosophical issues raised by the treatise
- The Introduction and historical essays provide a good starting guide to Aristotle's biology
Reviews & endorsements
'There is much to learn from … this volume, on both large and small issues of Aristotle's biology. All contributors are to be commended - especially Andrea Falcon, who seems to have done the lion's share of the work, both as a contributor and as an editor of this splendid book.' Pavel Gregorić, Journal of the History of Philosophy
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June 2021Adobe eBook Reader
9781108865272
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Explanatory Strategies in the De incessu animalium Andrea Falcon
- 2. The Reception of the De incessu animalium Andrea Falcon
- Part II. Greek Text and Translation: Part III. Interpretative Essays:
- 3. De incessu animalium 1–3: The Theoretical Framework and the Beginning of the Actual Investigation Andrea Falcon
- 4. De incessu animalium 4: Aristotle's Conception of Dimension Panos Dimas
- 5. De incessu animalium 5–6: The Architecture of Locomotive Bodies Klaus Corcilius
- 6. De incessu animalium 7–8: Number and Distribution of Feet in Animal Progression Stasinos Stavrianeas
- 7. De incessu animalium 9: Aristotle's Mathematical Kinesiology: The Case of Bending Christopher Frey
- 8. De incessu animalium 10–11: Flight and Two-Footedness Timothy Clarke
- 9. De incessu animalium 12–13: Limb-Bending and Natural Teleology Spyridon Rangos
- 10. De incessu animalium 14–15: Teleology Across Kinds Sarah Ruth Jansen
- 11. De incessu animalium 16–19: The Motion of Many-Footed Animals and Cases of Peculiar Motion in Water Pantelis Golitsis.
