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On Aristotle's "On Coming to Be and Perishing 2.511" (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Philoponus, Inna Kupreeva is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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"Subjects covered in this, the third and last volume of translation of Philoponus' commentary on Aristotle's On Coming-to-Be and Perishing, include: why the elements are four in number; what is wrong with Empedocles' theory of elements; and how homogenous stuffs, particularly the tissues of a living body, come to be and consist of the elements. This book also contains important discussions of causes, particularly of efficient cause, and of necessity in the sphere of generation and corruption

Author

Philoponus, Inna Kupreeva

Publisher

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801443367

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, History