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Autore: | Roochnik David |
Titolo: | Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis [[electronic resource] /] / David Roochnik |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina: | 185 |
Soggetto topico: | Life |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note to the Reader""; ""Prologue""; ""Introduction: Why Aristotle Matters.""; ""Chapter One: The Stars Are Eternal.""; ""I.1: There Are Only Three Dimensions.""; ""I.2: Threeness Determines Wholeness.""; ""I.3: There Are Four Elements.""; ""I.4: Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place.""; ""I.5: The Circle Is Perfect.""; ""I.6: The Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal.""; ""I.7: History Is More or Less Bunk.""; ""I.8: Religion Bears Witness to the Truth.""; ""Chapter Two: Nature Is Purpose."" |
""II.1: Teleology Is Good Science.""""II.2: Intelligent Design Isn�t All Stupid.""; ""II.3: Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not.""; ""II.4: Form Is Nature More than Matter.""; ""II.5: Form Is More Divine than Matter.""; ""II.6: Nature Is Hierarchical.""; ""II.7: To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples.""; ""II.8: The Finite Is Better than the Infinite.""; ""II.9: Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are.""; ""Chapter Three: Being Is Good.""; ""III.1: Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology.""; ""III.2: There Are Substances Out There.""; ""III.3: We Know a Substance When We See One."" | |
""III.4: God Is Alive and Good.""""III.5: To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life.""; ""Chapter Four: Truth Is Easy.""; ""IV.1: If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul.""; ""IV.2: The World Is Nourishing.""; ""IV.3: Perceiving Is Like Eating.""; ""IV.4: We Are Wrong More Often than Not.""; ""IV.5: Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating).""; ""IV.6: We Can Say What We Think.""; ""IV.7: We “Truth� the World.""; ""Chapter Five: The Theoretical Life Is Divine.""; ""V.1: Life Is Meaningful.""; ""V.2: Happiness Is Objective.""; ""V.3: Good Life Comes from Good Habits."" | |
""Epilogue""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis |
ISBN: | 1-4384-4520-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452736703321 |
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