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An approach to Aristotle's physics: with particular attention to the role of his manner of writing

By Aristotle , David Bolotin

Book information

Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0791435520, 9780791435526
LCC
Q151.A8 B65 1998
Google Books ID
RsiU6YPNBooC
Open Library ID
OL7801913M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
304 kB (311697 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

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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