Aristotle's on Generation and Corruption, Book I :Symposium Aristotelicum
by: Haas, Frans De / Jaap Mansfeld (Editors)

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 347 pages. In this collection, a stellar team of ancient philosophers from the UK, the USA, and Europe present a systematic, chapter-by-chapter study of one of Aristotle's key texts in his science and metaphysics Contributors include Keimpe Algra, Sarah Broadie, Jacques Brunschwig, M. F. Burnyeat, David Charles, Alan Code, John M. Cooper, Michael Crubellier, Dorothea Frede, Edward Hussey, Carlo Natali, David Sedley, and Christian Wildberg. They present a systematic study of Aristotle's science and metaphysics, and the way in which biology is the goal of the series of enquiries. Deeply thought-provoking, Aristotle's views of Presocratics and Plato are shown to be crucial in understanding his argument. Name and date on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.