The astronomical system of Aristotle : an interpretation

Author(s)

• Botteri, Gerardo
• Casazza, Roberto
• Casero, Agustina
• Loose, María Sara
• Tomm, Jillian

Bibliographic Information

The astronomical system of Aristotle : an interpretation

by Gerardo Botteri, Roberto Casazza ; translation by Agustina Casero, María Sara Loose ; revision and edition by Jillian Tomm

（History of science and medicine library, v. 58）

Brill, c2023

• : hardback

Other Title

Sistema astronómico de Aristoteles

Note

"This book is a revised English translation from the original Spanish publication El sistema astronómico de Aristoteles: Una interpretación, published by Ediciones Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires, 2015"-- t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book shows that a rigorous study of Aristotle’s Metaphysics is not simply an exercise in the history of astronomy, but constitutes a broad inquiry into our germinal ideas about speed, motion, and the spherical nature of celestial entities, as well as the relation between theology and gnoseology. Many have heard of Aristotle’s First Unmoved Mover, the one that moves all things without being moved. Very few, however, have managed to capture the ultimate meaning of that entity. One of the goals of this book is to explore why the existence of such a First Unmoved Mover is necessary, but the journey to this end allows us to understand why Aristotle maintained that there are a total of 55 Unmoved Movers, not just one. The key is Aristotelian astronomy, little studied so far in comparison with other aspects of his thought. In this solid piece of research and free philosophical speculation that Botteri & Casazza offer us, the authors’ gaze raised to the sky—by means of the naked-eye analysis of celestial movements—leads to the reconstruction of Aristotle’s astronomical system, key to understanding his cosmology, his physics, and even his metaphysics. This book is a revised English translation from the original Spanish publication El sistema astronómico de Aristoteles: Una interpretación, published by Ediciones Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires, 2015.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements for this Translated Edition Acknowledgements to the Original Edition Abbreviations Prologue, by Horacio Gonzalez Introduction 1. The Spherical, Limited, and Hierarchical Cosmology of Aristotle 2. The Spherical Whole in Pre-Socratic Philosophy 3. The Platonic Mandate: Reducing Celestial Phenomena to Circular Motions 4. Eudoxus and Callippus: Planetary Models  4.1 The Heavens and the Compass  4.2 Planetary Trajectories 5. Aristotle’s Astronomical System  5.1 The Prime Mover and Unmoved Movers  5.2 Unmoved Movers and Celestial Spheres  5.3 Kinematics and Dynamics  5.4 The Integration of Planetary Spheres  5.5 The First Heaven and Wandering Stars  5.6 Two Celestial Systems 6. Metaphysics, , 8 and the Genetic Interpretation 7. Aristotle’s Meta-Astral Theology 8. The Animation of Celestial Bodies 9. Aristotle’s System in Perspective Appendices  Text Fragments  Eudoxus’s System: Additional Resources  The Grupo de Estudio del Cielo Sources Bibliography Subject index Author index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BD03735315
• ISBN:
  • 9789004525528
• LCCN: 2022052331
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enggrc
• Original Language Code: spa
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 326 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QB21
  • DC23 : 520.938
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aristotle -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Astronomy, Greek
  • LCSH : Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA80747292