Aristotle’s Physics (4 Volumes)

Description

Aristotle’s Physics, also known as Physics Lecture Notes or Treatise on Nature, comprises eight books in which the great philosopher set forth the general principles governing natural phenomena. Aristotle analyzes concepts such as motion, infinity, time as a unit of measurement, the principle of inertia, and many others.

The work is divided into four volumes, as follows:

Physics I (A–B): Aristotle’s natural philosophy. How many and what kind of first principles of nature exist. Critique of the views of Parmenides and Melissus. Observations on the first principles. Change and its causes. The concept of chance and its characteristics. The automatic. Distinction between chance and the automatic.

Φυσικά 2 (Γ-Δ): Η κίνηση. Κινούν και κινούμενο. Το άπειρο και τα είδη του. Ποιο από τα τέσσερα αίτια αποδίδεται στο άπειρο. Ο τόπος και ο χαρακτήρας του. Μπορεί ο τόπος να βρίσκεται μέσα σε τόπο; Το κενό. Κενό και σώματα. Ο χρόνος.

Physics III (E–H): Motion and change. Unity and diversity of motions. Motion and rest. The continuous. Each moment of time is indivisible. Everything in motion is divisible. Finitude and infinity of motion and of the moved. Change and the infinite. Everything in motion is moved by something else. The first mover is not moved by anything else. Proportions of motions.

Physics IV (Theta): The eternal nature of motion. Refutation of arguments to the contrary. The first mover is unmoved. The unique and eternal nature of the first mover. Direction as the primary kind of motion. The only continuous and infinite motion is circular. The first mover has no parts or magnitude and is located at the periphery of the world.

Each volume contains the original text on the left-hand pages and the Modern Greek translation on the right-hand pages, along with an introduction and commentary.