Aristotle's Theory of Material Substance: Heat and Pneuma, Form and Soul

ISBN-13: 9780198240938 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 248 str.

Gad Freudenthal

Opis

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.

Recenzje

Freudenthal's work is sophisticated and highly technical. It will be of use to the serious student of Aristotelian hylo-morphism, as well as to the historian of science.