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De caelo New Perspectives on Aristotle’s Philosophia Antiqua A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy PreviousEditors J.H. Waszink† W.J. Verdenius† J.C.M. Van Winden Editedby K.A. Algra F.A.J. De Haas J. Mansfeld C.J. Rowe D.T. Runia Ch. Wildberg VOLUME117 New Perspectives De caelo on Aristotle’s Editedby Alan C. Bowen and Christian Wildberg LEIDEN•BOSTON 2009 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData NewperspectivesonAristotle'sDecaelo/editedbyAlanC.BowenandChristianWildberg. p.cm.–(Philosophiaantiqua;v.117) ISBN978-90-04-17376-7(hardback:alk.paper) 1.Aristotle.Decaelo.2.Astronomy,Greek.3.Cosmology.I.Bowen,AlanC.II.Wildberg, Christian. QB41.A73N492009 520–dc22 2009029137 ISSN: 0079-1687 ISBN: 9789004173767 Copyright2009byKoninklijkeBrillNV,Leiden,TheNetherlands. KoninklijkeBrillNVincorporatestheimprintsBrill,HoteiPublishing, IDCPublishers,MartinusNijhoffPublishersandVSP. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,translated,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. AuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternalorpersonaluseisgrantedbyKoninklijkeBrillNV providedthattheappropriatefeesarepaiddirectlytoTheCopyrightClearanceCenter, 222RosewoodDrive,Suite910,Danvers,MA01923,USA. Feesaresubjecttochange. printedinthenetherlands CONTENTS Preface ................................................................. vii Acknowledgements.................................................... ix Introduction ........................................................... 1 FromPlato’sTimaeustoAristotle’sDecaelo:TheCaseofthe MissingWorldSoul................................................. 9 ThomasK.Johansen ThePossibilitiesofBeingandNot-BeinginDecaelo.– ....... 29 SarahBroadie TwoStandardsforInquiryinAristotle’sDecaelo..................... 51 RobertBolton(RutgersUniversity) Natural,Unnatural,andPreternaturalMotions:Contrarietyand theArgumentfortheElementsinDecaelo.– ................. 83 R.J.Hankinson WhyDoestheEarthMovetotheCenter?AnExaminationof SomeExplanatoryStrategiesinAristotle’sCosmology............ 119 MohanMatthen TheTheoryoftheElementsinDecaeloand...................... 139 MaryLouiseGill TheArgumentfortheSphericityoftheUniverseinAristotle’sDe caelo:AstronomyandPhysics ...................................... 163 PierrePellegrin Decaelo.andItsDebttotheDeincessuanimalium ............... 187 JamesG.Lennox WhyStarsHaveNoFeet:ExplanationandTeleologyinAristotle’s Cosmology.......................................................... 215 MariskaE.M.P.J.Leunissen vi contents TheAstrologizationoftheAristotelianCosmos:Celestial InfluencesontheSublunarWorldinAristotle,Alexanderof Aphrodisias,andAverroes.......................................... 239 GadFreudenthal Aristotle’sDecaelo:ABibliography ................................... 283 Indices IndexofPassagesCited................................................ 299 IndexofSubjects....................................................... 313 IndexofModernAuthors ............................................. 319 IndexofAncientandMedievalAuthors.............................. 321 PREFACE This volume is the first collection of scholarly articles in any modern languagedevotedtoAristotle’sDecaelo.Itgrewoutofseriesofworkshops heldatPrinceton,Cambridge,andParisinthelate’s.Theprojectwas oneofinternationalcollaboration;andinouropinion,thelevelofinsight and sophistication reached could not have been attained by any single scholar.Themanyadvantagesofthiscollaborativeeffortare,webelieve, palpable in this collection; and we hope that this volume will prove an effectivetoolforteachingandscholarship.SinceAristotle’sDecaelohad a major influence on cosmological thinking until the time of Galileo and Kepler and helped to shape the way in which Western civilization imagineditsnaturalenvironmentandplaceatthecenteroftheuniverse, familiaritywiththemaindoctrinesoftheDecaeloisaprerequisiteforan understandingofmuchofthethoughtandcultureofAntiquityandthe MiddleAges. AlanC.Bowen ChristianWildberg Princeton,NJ March ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WeareverypleasedtoacknowledgemostgratefullyVeronicaShiforher assistance and Andrea Falcon for his generous advice in compiling the extensivebibliographythatsupplementsthisvolume.Theentriesonthe Arabic tradition have been most kindly supplied by Gerhard Endress, who is currently editing the numerous Arabic versions of the De caelo. WealsothankHenrykJaronowskiandThuTafortheirhelpincompiling theindices.
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