Book contents
- The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought
- The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Conceptual Foundations
- 2 Parmenides’ Account of the Object of Philosophy
- 3 Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion and Plurality
- 4 The Atomistic Foundation for an Account of Motion
- 5 The Possibility of Natural Philosophy According to Plato I: The Logical Basis
- 6 The Possibility of Natural Philosophy According to Plato II: Mathematical Advances and Ultimate Problems
- 7 Aristotle’s Notion of Continuity: The Structure Underlying Motion
- 8 Time and Space: The Implicit Measure of Motion in Aristotle’s Physics
- 9 Time as the Simple Measure of Motion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2020
Book contents
- The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought
- The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Conceptual Foundations
- 2 Parmenides’ Account of the Object of Philosophy
- 3 Zeno’s Paradoxes of Motion and Plurality
- 4 The Atomistic Foundation for an Account of Motion
- 5 The Possibility of Natural Philosophy According to Plato I: The Logical Basis
- 6 The Possibility of Natural Philosophy According to Plato II: Mathematical Advances and Ultimate Problems
- 7 Aristotle’s Notion of Continuity: The Structure Underlying Motion
- 8 Time and Space: The Implicit Measure of Motion in Aristotle’s Physics
- 9 Time as the Simple Measure of Motion
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
The main object of this book is to study how the understanding of physical motion in ancient Greek thought developed before and up to Aristotle. It investigates which logical, methodological, and mathematical foundations had to be in place to establish a fully fledged concept of motion that also allows for comparing and measuring speed.1 Given that physical motion is the core concept of natural philosophy, this study thereby also seeks to reconstruct in rough outlines how natural philosophy came to be established as a proper scientific endeavour in ancient Greece.2
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- The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek ThoughtFoundations in Logic, Method, and Mathematics, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020