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Aristotle - Contemporary Perspectives on his Thought : On the 2400th Anniversary of Aristotle’s Birth

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This collection of essays by leading Aristotle scholars worldwide covers a wide range of topics on Aristotle's work from metaphysics, politics, ethics, bioethics, rhetoric, dialectic, aesthetics, history to physics, psychology, biology, medicine, technology. The thorough exploration of the issues investigated deepens our knowledge of the most fundamental concepts, which are crucial for an overall understanding of  Read more...

Author(s): Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou
Publisher: de Gruyter
Year: 2018

Language: English
Pages: 380
Tags: Aristoteles;Aristotle

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Aristotelian Supervenience: Potentialities and Powers in Aristotle’s Definition of Change......Page 15
Aristotle’s Dynamic Vision of Nature. Α Neo-Aristotelian Perspective on Contemporary Science......Page 39
“For a Human Being Reproduces a Human Being”: A Mundane, Profound, Aristotelian Truth......Page 69
Aristotle’s Generation of Animals on the Separation of the Sexes......Page 87
On the Notions of Ψυχή and Ζωή in the Aristotelian Biology......Page 107
Aristotle on Life-Bearing Pneuma and on God as Begetter of the Cosmos......Page 121
Aristotle on Accidental Perception......Page 137
Mechanical Properties of Solids in Aristotle’s Meteorologica......Page 163
Extended and Embodied Values and Ideas......Page 177
The Relevance of Aristotle’s Views of Ethics and Medicine to Bioethics......Page 189
Aristotle and Democracy......Page 207
Aristotle and the Democracy of the City-state......Page 221
Aristotle and the Dialectical Turn of Rhetoric......Page 233
Aesthetic Judgement according to Aristotle’s Politics......Page 247
What is Aristotle’s Metaphysics?......Page 253
The Complex Organization of Aristotle’s Thought......Page 265
Interpretation Problems in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Λ. The Case of the Sentence: καὶ ἔστιν ἡ νόησις νοήσεως νόησις......Page 277
Two Conceptions of Practical Skill (Τέχνη) in Aristotle......Page 285
“As in a Battle When a Rout has Occurred”......Page 303
Aristotle’s Conception of οὐσία in the Medieval Christian Tradition: Some Neoplatonic Reflections......Page 329