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ARISTOTLE AND THE

SCIENCE OF NATURE

Unity without Uniformity

ANDREA FALCON

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In memory of

Mario Mignucci, my teacher, who cared

Lo duca e io per quel cammino ascoso

intrammo a ritornar nel chiaro mondo;

e sanza cura aver d’alcun riposo,

salimmo s ` , el primo e io secondo,

tanto ch’i’ vidi de le cose belle

che porta ’l ciel, per un pertugio tondo.

E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.

Contents

Preface

page ix

List of abbreviations and conventions

xiii

The unity, structure, and boundaries of Aristotle’s science

of nature

Bodies

Motions

The limits of Aristotle’s science of nature

Epilogue

113

Index of names

130

Index of passages

132

General index

138

vii

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

122

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