Aristotle - Contemporary Perspectives on his Thought : On the 2400th Anniversary of Aristotle’s Birth

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. Read more... Frontmatter......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 9 Aristotelian Supervenience: Potentialities and Powers in Aristotle’s Definition of Change......Page 15 Aristotle’s Dynamic Vision of Nature. Α Neo-Aristotelian Perspective on Contemporary Science......Page 39 “For a Human Being Reproduces a Human Being”: A Mundane, Profound, Aristotelian Truth......Page 69 Aristotle’s Generation of Animals on the Separation of the Sexes......Page 87 On the Notions of Ψυχή and Ζωή in the Aristotelian Biology......Page 107 Aristotle on Life-Bearing Pneuma and on God as Begetter of the Cosmos......Page 121 Aristotle on Accidental Perception......Page 137 Mechanical Properties of Solids in Aristotle’s Meteorologica......Page 163 Extended and Embodied Values and Ideas......Page 177 The Relevance of Aristotle’s Views of Ethics and Medicine to Bioethics......Page 189 Aristotle and Democracy......Page 207 Aristotle and the Democracy of the City-state......Page 221 Aristotle and the Dialectical Turn of Rhetoric......Page 233 Aesthetic Judgement according to Aristotle’s Politics......Page 247 What is Aristotle’s Metaphysics?......Page 253 The Complex Organization of Aristotle’s Thought......Page 265 Interpretation Problems in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Λ. The Case of the Sentence: καὶ ἔστιν ἡ νόησις νοήσεως νόησις......Page 277 Two Conceptions of Practical Skill (Τέχνη) in Aristotle......Page 285 “As in a Battle When a Rout has Occurred”......Page 303 Aristotle’s Conception of οὐσία in the Medieval Christian Tradition: Some Neoplatonic Reflections......Page 329