Der Band behandelt die spätantike Philosophie (2.–6. Jahrhundert n. Chr.) und stellt die Konzeption des Göttlichen sowohl im Werk von Aristoteles als auch in den neoplatonischen Schriften in den Fokus. Das Thema richtet sich an eine breite Leserschaft, die sich für Aristoteles, Platon und die [...]

The essays collected in this volume focus on Aristotle's notion of nous (usually translated as 'intellect','mind' or simply 'thinking') in Aristotle's works. They aim at elucidating the status and the function of the intellectual faculty in the context of Aristotle's analysis of the faculties [...]

The traditional name 'destiny' was used in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy to designate a situation where everything happens in an inescapable order. Stoics were the main defenders of such theory. They maintained that, since everything has a cause, the sequence of causes and events is laid down [...]

'One', Aristotle says, can be said in many ways and each being is one. Through a comprehensive analysis of the passages in which Aristotle makes sense of these claims, the book provides a detailed account of how the different ways of being one permeate the domain of being and explores Aristotle's [...]

Este libro examina la teoría del azar de Aristóteles, presentada en Phys. II 4-6, en el contexto de la discusión de los principios y causas de la filosofía natural. Teniendo siempre en vista este contexto, la autora elabora una interpretación de la definición genérica de azar como un cierto [...]

Il libro IV dei Meteorologica di Aristotele, definito spesso come un 'trattato di chimica', si trova al centro di una ricca e ininterrotta attività di esegesi e di appropriazione che percorre il pensiero greco per incontrare una grande fortuna nel mondo arabo e in tutto il medioevo latino. Gli [...]