Aristotle on the Continuum in Presocratic Thought

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the origin and development of the concept of physical continuity in ancient thought before Aristotle, combining a thorough study of Presocratic philosophy with Aristotle's perspective.

Autorentext

Giovanna R. Giardina is a full professor of ancient philosophy at the University of Catania (Italy) and a presidential fellow at Chapman University (California). She is the editor of the Book Series 'Symbolon. Collana di Studi e Testi di Filosofia Antica e Medievale'. Her studies focus mainly on Aristotle, particularly the Physics, on which she commented in three different volumes covering the first three books, and Neoplatonism.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. The need for historical research on the Presocratics' continuum in Aristotle; 2. Unlimited continuous sensible magnitude. A look at Anaximander; 3. The Pythagorean influence on the evolution of the continuum concept in Presocratic philosophy; 4. The Eleatics' continuum; 5. The continuum of the so-called pluralist philosophers; 6. Conclusions.