Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming To Be And Perishing 2.5-11 (Ancient Commentators On Aristotle)

Subjects covered in this, the third and last, volume of translation of this work include: why the elements are four in number; what's wrong with Empedocles' theory of elements; how homogeneous stuffs, particularly the tissues of a living body, come to be and consist of the elements. The volume also contains very important discussions of causes, particularly of efficient cause, and of necessity in the sphere of generation and corruption.

• • Author: Philoponus, John Philoponus
• • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• • Publication Date: Apr 10, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 240 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1472557751
• • ISBN-13: 9781472557759