{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-the-science-of-living-beings-aristotle-and-theophrastus-on-animals-and-plants-hardback-9781009426343","title":"The Architecture of the Science of Living Beings; Aristotle and Theophrastus on Animals and Plants (Hardback) 9781009426343","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Architecture of the Science of Living Beings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAristotle and Theophrastus on Animals and Plants\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy studying Aristotle and Theophrastus' accomplishments, sheds new light on the question of the origins of the science of life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrea Falcon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009426343, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 June 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eScholars have paid ample attention to Aristotle's works on animals. By contrast, they have paid little or no attention to Theophrastus' writings on plants. That is unfortunate because there was a shared research project in the early Peripatos which amounted to a systematic, and theoretically motivated, study of perishable living beings (animals and plants). This is the first sustained attempt to explore how Aristotle and Theophrastus envisioned this study, with attention focused primarily on its deep structure. That entails giving full consideration to a few transitional passages where Aristotle and Theophrastus offer their own description of what they are trying to do. What emerges is a novel, sophisticated, and largely idiosyncratic approach to the topic of life. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Conventions\u003cbr\u003e Tables\u003cbr\u003e Transliterations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Aristotle's de anima and the study of perishable living beings\u003cbr\u003e 2. Aristotle's parva naturalia and the study of animals and everything that has life\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pre-explanatory and explanatory strategies in aristotle's study of animals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Theophrastus' history of plants i: the transition from the study of animals to the study of plants\u003cbr\u003e 5. Theophrastus on the generation of plants\u003cbr\u003e 6. The invention of biology?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A – Aristotle on plants\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B- Theophrastus on animals\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C- [Aristotle], on plants\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e General Index\u003cbr\u003e Index of Passages.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Ancient,%20to%20c%20500%20%5BHPCA%5D%22\"\u003eHPCA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414005510424,"sku":"9781009426343","price":69.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009426343i.jpg?v=1784335506","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-architecture-of-the-science-of-living-beings-aristotle-and-theophrastus-on-animals-and-plants-hardback-9781009426343","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}