{"product_id":"aristotles-physics-alpha-symposium-aristotelicum-9780198830993","title":"Aristotle's Physics Alpha: Symposium Aristotelicum","description":"The volumes of the Symposium Aristotelicum have become essential reference works for the study of Aristotle. In this nineteenth volume, eleven distinguished scholars of ancient philosophy provide a running commentary on the first book of Aristotle's Physics, a central treatise of the\u003cbr\u003eAristotelian corpus that aims at knowledge of the principles of physical change. Along with the general introduction, the ten chapters together comment on the entirety of the Aristotelian text and discuss the philosophical issues that are raised in it in detail. Aristotle is shown to be in dialogue\u003cbr\u003ewith the divergent doctrines of earlier philosophers, namely with the Eleatics' monism, with Anaxagoras' theory of mixture, and finally with the Platonist dyadism that posits the two principles of Form and the Great and Small. Aristotle uses critical examination of his predecessors' views as the\u003cbr\u003ebasis for formulating his own theory of the principles of natural things, which are fundamental for the entire Aristotelian study of the natural world. He provides his own solution to the problem of coming-to-be and passing-away by distinguishing between coming in actuality and in potentiality.\u003cbr\u003eComprehensive analysis of Aristotle's doctrines and arguments, as well as critical discussion of rival interpretations, will make this volume a valuable resource for scholars of Aristotle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katerina Ierodiakonou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198830993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaterina Ierodiakonou, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Athens \/ University of Geneva\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Kalligas, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Ancient Philosophy (formerly), University of Athens\u003c\/em\u003e, Vassilis Karasmanis, \u003cem\u003eEmeritus Professor, National Technical University of Athens\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaterina Ierodiakonou is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the University of Geneva. She is also a member of the research programme \u003cem\u003eRepresentation and Reality: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Aristotelian Tradition\u003c\/em\u003e at the University of Gothenburg. She has published extensively on ancient and Byzantine philosophy, especially in the areas of epistemology and logic. She is currently working on a monograph about ancient theories of colour, as well as on an edition, translation, and commentary of Theophrastus' \u003cem\u003eDe Sensibus\u003c\/em\u003e and of Michael Psellos' paraphrase of Aristotle's \u003cem\u003eDe Interpretatione\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul (Pavlos) Kalligas is a former Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Athens. He is currently the Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi. His main scholarly project is an edition with translation and commentary of the \u003cem\u003eEnneads\u003c\/em\u003e of Plotinus into Modern Greek, published by the Academy of Athens; six volumes of this work have appeared so far and an English translation of the commentary is due to be published by Princeton University Press. He has also worked and published extensively on Plato, Aristotle, the Sophists, and the history of Platonism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVassilis Karasmanis is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the National Technical University of Athens. He is a specialist in ancient philosophy, ancient science (mainly mathematics), and philosophy of technology. He has published four books and edited another eight (six of them with others), including \u003cem\u003eRemembering Socrates\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford 2006, with Lindsay Judson). He has also published fifty two articles in various philosophical journals or collective volumes. Vassilis Karasmanis is an elected member of FISP (International Federation of Philosophical Societies) since 2013.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932115845235,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":83.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_79a721a1-efca-49be-acd7-6cb5d35f2f10.jpg?v=1647790407","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/aristotles-physics-alpha-symposium-aristotelicum-9780198830993","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}