Self-motion
from Aristotle to Newton
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Author
Contributions
- Gill, Mary Louise, 1950- - Contributor
- Lennox, James G. - Contributor
Publication
1994 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
91,750 words, Guess
Page Count
367 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1434045M
- ISBN-100691032351
- OCLC Control Number29521518
- OCLC Control Numberselfmotion00gill
- Library of Congress Control Number93045882
and 2 more
- LibraryThing604947
- Goodreads3199176
Classifications
- DDC116
- LCCB491.M6 S45 1994
Description
The concept of self-motion is not only fundamental in Aristotle's argument for the Prime Mover and in ancient and medieval theories of nature, but it is also central to many theories of human agency and moral responsibility. In this collection of mostly new essays, scholars of classical, Hellenistic, medieval, and early modern philosophy and science explore the question of whether or not there are such things as self-movers, and if so, what their self-motion consists in. They trace the development of the concept of self-motion from its formulation in Aristotle's metaphysics, cosmology, and philosophy of nature through two millennia of philosophical, religious, and scientific thought.
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