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Aristotle’s Rejection of an Infinite Body: An Interpretation of Physics, III,5, 205a25–28

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Marcinkowska-Rosół M.

Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina

2014

vol. 50

issue 1-2

165-175

The article deals with Physics III,5, 205a25–28 and examines its function in Aristotle’s argumentation against the existence of an infinite sensible body. Since attempts to connect this passage with the preceding argument (205a23–25) have so far proved unsuccessful, scholars have resorted to transposing this text after Ph. 205a19 or 205b1 or to postulating a lacuna directly before it (205a25). This paper shows why those proposals are unsatisfactory and instead proposes anoth- er, less radical solution which consists in interpreting the passage in its transmitted context. More precisely, instead of trying to connect it with 205a23–25 it suggests treating the text as elliptical and seeing in 205a25–28 an important step in an argument based on Aristotle’s theory of natural place, one that is directed against the existence of an infinite heterogeneous body composed of a finite number of constituents (205a22–28).

Atomy i dusza w systemie Demokryta

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Korczak A.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

2012

issue 1

443-447

The atoms of Democritus keep properties similar to the soul because they possess the ability for spontaneous movement. Simplikios wrote that “atoms move in all directions”. In accordance with Greek ideas only the soul has the ability for spontaneous movement. Krokiewicz shows why “atomism - despite its genius – did not gain the acknowledgement among Hellenic thinkers”. Like the body, the human soul is composed of atoms which are subject to the physical necessity. A human being in accordance with his own nature can influence atoms of which body and soul are each composed. He can either make an order among these atoms, or a chaos. Atoms serve Democritus as the support for integrating the human reason with the ratio-nality of the world. They are also the basis for theoretical understanding of the mechanisms of the world.

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Aristotle’s Rejection of an Infinite Body: An Interpretation of Physics, III,5, 205a25–28

Atomy i dusza w systemie Demokryta