Open access funding for the chapter “The Soul Itself in Aristotle’s Science of Living Things” generously provided by the ERC (2024).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lefebvre, David, editor.
Title: The science of life in Aristotle and the early Peripatos / edited by David Lefebvre.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; volume 171 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “This volume of fourteen essays explores the biology of Aristotle and the Early Peripatos (Theophrastus and the Physical Problems) in its various dimensions-how the study of the soul contributes to the foundation of the science of perishable life, what is the program of this science and its main explanatory strategies, whether it be the explanation of natural generation or the relationship of the animal to its surroundings. But the authors also explore what might be, to Aristotle, the unity of life, not only that of animals and plants, but also that of celestial bodies and the Prime Mover”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024039143 | ISBN 9789004711686 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004711723 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Aristotle—Criticism and interpretation. | Theophrastus—Criticism and interpretation. | Biology—Greece—History—To 146 B.C. | Biology—Philosophy—History. | Science, Ancient. | Peripatetics.
Classification: LCC B491.L5 S35 2025 | DDC 128—dc23/eng/20241029
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024039143
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 0079-1687
ISBN 978-90-04-71168-6 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-71172-3 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004711723
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