In this Book
- Aquinas on Matter and Form and the Elements: A Translation and Interpretation of the De Principiis Naturae and the De Mixtione Elementorum of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Book
- 1998
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
summary
Joseph Bobik offers a translation of Aquinas’s De Principiis Naturae (circa 1252) and De Mixtione Elementorum (1273) accompanied by a continuous commentary, followed by two essays: “Elements in the Composition of Physical Substances” and “The Elements in Aquinas and the Elements Today.” The Principles of Nature introduces the reader to the basic Aristotelian principles such as matter and form, the four causes so fundamental to Aquinas’s philosophy. On Mixture of the Elements examines the question of how the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water) remain within the physical things composed from them.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. xviii
- Part One. De Principiis Naturae
- Part Two. De Mixtione Elementorum
- pp. 101-126
- Index of Names
- pp. 317-318
- Index of Subjects
- pp. 319-326
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268074586
Related ISBN(s)
9780268006532, 9780268020002, 9780268076337
MARC Record
OCLC
1016783426
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1998