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On Generation and Corruption - A Foundational Work on Change, Nature, Matter, and the Principles of the Physical World - Hardcover

Aristotle

 
9781515433255: On Generation and Corruption - A Foundational Work on Change, Nature, Matter, and the Principles of the Physical World
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1515433250 ISBN 13: 9781515433255
Verlag: A & D Publishing, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Aristotle's classic investigation into the processes of change that shape the natural world. On Generation and Corruption is one of Aristotle's major works of natural philosophy, exploring how things come into being, transform, and cease to exist. In this influential treatise, Aristotle examines the fundamental principles of change, the nature of matter, the elements that compose the physical world, and the processes by which substances are altered. Building upon his broader philosophical system, Aristotle investigates generation, destruction, alteration, and the relationship between potentiality and actuality. His theories provided one of the most comprehensive explanations of the physical universe available in the ancient world and deeply influenced medieval philosophy and early scientific thought. Although modern science has revised many of Aristotle's conclusions, On Generation and Corruption remains a significant work in the history of philosophy and science. It offers valuable insight into the origins of systematic inquiry into nature and the enduring human effort to understand the laws governing the world around us.

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Aristotle (384-322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and polymath whose work profoundly shaped Western philosophy and science. A student of Plato and later the tutor of Alexander the Great, Aristotle founded the Lyceum in Athens and wrote extensively on subjects ranging from logic and metaphysics to biology, politics, and ethics. His Nicomachean Ethics remains one of the central texts of moral philosophy, presenting a vision of ethical life grounded in the development of character and the pursuit of human flourishing.

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Verlag
A & D Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1515433250
ISBN 13 
9781515433255
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
68
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