Publication

1997-12-01 - State University of New York Press

Language

English

Word Count

39,000 words, Guess

Page Count

156 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7801912M
  • ISBN-139780791435519
  • ISBN-100791435512
  • OCLC Control Number36103636
  • Library of Congress Control Number96038143
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing520326
  • Goodreads366316

Classifications

  • LCCQ151.A8 B65 1998

Description

Maintaining that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core, David Bolotin argues in this book that Aristotle never seriously intended many of his doctrines that have been demolished by modern science. To that end, he presents a number of "case studies" to show that Aristotle deliberately misrepresented his views about nature - a thought that was commonly shared by commentators on his work in late antiquity and the middle ages. Bolotin demonstrates that Aristotle's real views have not been refuted by modern science and still deserve our most serious attention.

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Other Editions

  • An Approach to Aristotle's Physics: With Particular Attention to the Role of His Manner of WritingHardcoverState University of New York Press1997-12-01

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