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BL
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643069
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Roochnik, David
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| Title & Author
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Retrieving Aristotle in an age of crisis /\ David Roochnik
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: SUNY Press,, ©2013
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
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xvi, 242 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9781438445199 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 1438445199 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9781438445182 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1438445180 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index
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| Contents
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Ch. One Stars Are Eternal -- I.1. There Are Only Three Dimensions -- I.2. Threeness Determines Wholeness -- I.3. There Are Four Elements -- I.4. Elements Naturally Move to Their Natural Place -- I.5. Circle Is Perfect -- I.6. Body Moving in Circular Orbit Is Eternal -- I.7. History Is More or Less Bunk -- I.8. Religion Bears Witness to the Truth -- ch. Two Nature is Purpose -- II.1. Teleology Is Good Science -- II.2. Intelligent Design Isn't All Stupid -- II.3. Some Beings Are Natural; Others Are Not -- II.4. Form Is Nature More than Matter -- II.5. Form Is More Divine than Matter -- II.6. Nature Is Hierarchical -- II.7. To Understand Nature, Study Its Best Examples -- II.8. Finite Is Better than the Infinite -- II.9. Good Science Appreciates Things as They Are -- ch. Three Being Is Good -- III.1. Metaphysics Is Onto-Theology -- III.2. There Are Substances Out There -- III.3. We Know a Substance When We See One -- III.4. God Is Alive and Good -- III.5. To Stand Firmly on the Side of Life -- ch. Four Truth Is Easy -- IV.1. If the Eye Were an Animal, Vision Would Be Its Soul -- IV.2. World Is Nourishing -- IV.3. Perceiving Is Like Eating -- IV.4. We Are Wrong More Often than Not -- IV.5. Thinking Is Like Perceiving (Which Is Like Eating) -- IV.6. We Can Say What We Think -- IV.7. We "Truth" the World -- ch. Five Theoretical Life Is Divine -- V.1. Life Is Meaningful -- V.2. Happiness Is Objective -- V.3. Good Life Comes from Good Habits -- V.4. Freedom Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be -- V.5. Moral Evaluation Requires Stories -- V.6. Smart Moral People Are Better than Dumb Moral People -- V.7. Lack-of-Leisure Is for the Sake of Leisure -- V.8. Theoria Is Not "Contemplation" -- ch. Six Enough Is Enough -- VI.1. Best City Needs the Best Life -- VI.2. Practical Life Is Not the Best -- VI.3. Natural Slavery Is Justified -- VI.4. Woman's Place Is in the Home -- VI.5. Small, but Not Too Small, Is Beautiful -- VI.6. War Is for the Sake of Peace -- VI.7. Philosophy Cures
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Aristotle
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185
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B485.R565 2012
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