On Aristotle's "Physics 2" by Philoponus & A. R. Lacey - 1993

E-143: Cornell University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Cornell University Press. 1993. 241 pgs. DJ has light shelfwear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Often regarded as the best introduction to Aristotle's works, the Physics, Book Two, explains many of his key concepts in an engaging and accessible fashion Here for the first time in English in its entirety is the commentary on Physics 2 by the sixth-century Neoplatonist philosopher Philoponus Aristotle examines a number of fundamental questions in Book Two: What is nature, and how does it differ from artifice? How does one distinguish between the study of nature and mathematics? What is chance? What sort of necessity is found in nature? Can nature be explained by chance necessity, and natural selection, or is it purposive? Aristotle also expounds four basic types of explanation-formal E-143; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; 9.20 X 6.30 X 1 inches; 241 pages .