Alexander of Aphrodisias
On Aristotle Meteorology 4

Translated by Eric Lewis.

Aristotle's Meteorology Book 4 provides an account of the formation of minerals, metals and other homogeneous stuffs. Eric Lewis argues that, in doing so, it offers fresh insight into Aristotle's concept of matter. The four elements (earth, air, fire and water) do have matter, and their matter is the contraries - hot and cold, moist and dry. Lewis further argues that in the text translated here, the only extant ancient commentary on the Meteorology, Alexander of Aphrodisias supports this interpretation of Aristotle. Such a conception of matter complements the account given at an earlier point in the corpus of Aristotle's work in On Generation and Corruption and is confirmed by the account at later points in the biological works, although it adds further detail. 186 Seiten, gebunden (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle/Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press 1996) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, leicht berieben und bestoßen und etwas ausgeblichen/clean text pages, traces of use, dust jacket slightly rubbed and bumped and a little faded, otherwise like new