1st Edition
Aristotle on the Continuum in Presocratic Thought
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.
Biography
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.
