1st Edition

Mathematics in Aristotle

By Thomas Heath Copyright 1949
310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1949. This meticulously researched book presents a comprehensive outline and discussion of Aristotle’s mathematics with the author's translations of the greek. To Aristotle, mathematics was one of the three theoretical sciences, the others being theology and the philosophy of nature (physics). Arranged thematically, this book considers his thinking in relation to the other... Read more

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Categories 3. Prior Analytics 4. Posterior Analytics 5. Topics 6. Physics 7. De Caelo 8. Meteorology 9. De Anima 10. Metaphysics 11. Mechanics 12. Treatise on Indivisible Lines 13. Problems: Book XV 14. Problems: Book XVI 15. Problems: Book XXIII 16. Nichomachean and Eudemian Ethics 17. De Motu Animalium 18. De Incessu Animalium

Biography

Thomas Heath