New Perspectives on Aristotle's de Caelo

New Perspectives on Aristotle’s De caelo......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1. Introduction......Page 20
2. The scope of the De caelo......Page 21
3. The De caelo on soul and teleology......Page 24
4. Conclusion......Page 37
Bibliography......Page 39
Sarah Broadie: The Possibilities of Being and Not-Being in De caelo 1.11–12......Page 40
Bibliography......Page 60
1. Aristotle’s scientific method in the De caelo......Page 62
2. Two standards of evaluation......Page 69
3. What is εὐλόγως procedure?......Page 76
4. Other discussions of the two standards......Page 81
5. Dialectic and λογικῶς procedure......Page 86
6. Some final implications......Page 91
Bibliography......Page 92
R.J. Hankinson: Natural, Unnatural, and Preternatural Motions: Contrariety and the Argument for the Elements in De caelo 1.2–4......Page 94
1. The six hypotheses and the argument for the aether......Page 98
2. The hypothesis of contrariety......Page 105
3. Fallacies of equivocation?......Page 109
4. Preternatural motions......Page 117
5. Xenarchus’ objections, Simplicius’ replies......Page 121
6. No contrary to circular motion?......Page 124
7. Conclusion......Page 127
Bibliography......Page 128
1. Introduction......Page 130
2. E-change......Page 131
3. E-change and the movement of earth......Page 133
4. Doubts about the dynamic interpretation......Page 135
5. The existence of place......Page 138
6. The problem of power......Page 142
7. The stability of a mass of earth at the center......Page 144
8. Conclusion......Page 148
Bibliography......Page 149
1.The elements in De caelo......Page 150
2. Definition of the simple bodies......Page 151
3.Weight and lightness......Page 153
Enforced motion......Page 157
Self-motion......Page 159
Natural motion in Phys. 8.4......Page 161
Natural motion in De caelo 4.3......Page 164
6. Status of the elements......Page 169
Bibliography......Page 171
1. Introduction......Page 174
2. Arguments in favour of the sphericity of the universe......Page 180
3. The physical basis supporting the doctrine of the universe’s sphericity......Page 191
Bibliography......Page 196
2. Cosmic dimensions and cosmic directions......Page 198
3. Lessons from the De incessu animalium......Page 209
4. Returning to De caelo 2.2......Page 212
5. The structure of natural philosophy......Page 216
Bibliography......Page 224
1. Introduction: The scarcity of teleological explanations in the De caelo......Page 226
2. Cosmology as science of nature......Page 228
3. Explaining why there is a plurality of motions of the heavens (Example 1)......Page 232
4. Explaining why stars have no feet (Example 2)......Page 238
5. Conclusion......Page 245
Bibliography......Page 247
1. The changing role of the celestial influences on the sublunary world from Aristotle to Averroes......Page 250
2. Alexander of Aphrodisias: Providence and celestial influences......Page 257
3. Averroes: An astrologized Aristotelian cosmos......Page 276
4. Conclusion. The astrologization of the cosmos: Aristotle, Alexander, and Averroes......Page 283
Bibliography......Page 286
Aristotle\'s De caelo: A Bibliography......Page 294
Index of Passages Cited......Page 310
Index of Subjects......Page 324
Index of Modern Authors......Page 330
Index of Ancient and Medieval Authors......Page 332
Back Matter......Page 334