Aristotle - Contemporary Perspectives on his Thought : : On the 2400th Anniversary of Aristotle's Birth / / ed. by Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Berti, Enrico,; Bolton, Robert,; Bos, Abraham P.,; Calvo, Tomás,; Contogeorgis, George,; Couloubaritsis, Lambros,; Dragona-Monachou, Myrto,; Fritz, John,; Heinemann, Gottfried,; Lefebvre, David,; Lennox, James G.,; McKirahan, Richard,; Moran, Dermot,; Moutsopoulos, Evanghelos,; Pellegrin, Pierre,; Pentzopoulou-Valalas, Teresa,; Polansky, Ron,; Rapp, Christof,; Scaltsas, Theodore,; Sfendoni-Mentzou, Demetra,; Tassios, Theodossios P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Sfendoni-Mentzou, Demetra,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 366 p.)

This collection of essays by leading Aristotle scholars worldwide covers a wide range of topics on Aristotle's work from metaphysics, politics, ethics, bioethics, rhetoric, dialectic, aesthetics, history to physics, psychology, biology, medicine, technology. The thorough exploration of the issues investigated deepens our knowledge of the most fundamental concepts, which are crucial for an overall understanding of Aristotle’s work. Moreover, the contributors explore the relevance of Aristotle’s ideas to contemporary issues and provide new perspectives on the study of Aristotle’s thought. The essays of the volume were presented at the plenary sessions of the World Congress "Aristotle 2400 Years," organized by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on May 23-28 2016, in commemoration of the 2400th anniversary of Aristotle’s birth. The aim of the congress was to advance scholarship on all aspects of Aristotle’s work, both in philosophy and in the fundamental disciplines of science. The impressive number of 250 papers from 40 countries highlighted the fact that Aristotle’s work continues to exercise an influence on our intellectual lives on a global scale.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I Philosophy of Nature -- Aristotelian Supervenience: Potentialities and Powers in Aristotle’s Definition of Change -- Aristotle’s Dynamic Vision of Nature. Α Neo-Aristotelian Perspective on Contemporary Science -- “For a Human Being Reproduces a Human Being”: A Mundane, Profound, Aristotelian Truth -- Aristotle’s Generation of Animals on the Separation of the Sexes -- On the Notions of Ψυχή and Ζωή in the Aristotelian Biology -- Aristotle on Life-Bearing Pneuma and on God as Begetter of the Cosmos -- Aristotle on Accidental Perception -- Mechanical Properties of Solids in Aristotle’s Meteorologica -- II Philosophy of Human Action -- Extended and Embodied Values and Ideas -- The Relevance of Aristotle’s Views of Ethics and Medicine to Bioethics -- Aristotle and Democracy -- Aristotle and the Democracy of the City-state -- Aristotle and the Dialectical Turn of Rhetoric -- Aesthetic Judgement according to Aristotle’s Politics -- III First Philosophy -- What is Aristotle’s Metaphysics? -- The Complex Organization of Aristotle’s Thought -- Interpretation Problems in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Λ. The Case of the Sentence: καὶ ἔστιν ἡ νόησις νοήσεως νόησις -- IV Theory of Thinking -- Two Conceptions of Practical Skill (Τέχνη) in Aristotle -- “As in a Battle When a Rout has Occurred” -- V Aristotle in the History of Philosophy -- Aristotle’s Conception of οὐσία in the Medieval Christian Tradition: Some Neoplatonic Reflections