I. Spatial magnitude, time, and motion: An Aristotelian model:
Aristotle: The formal analysis of spatial magnitude and locomotion;
Aristotle on time and locomotion: Physics and metaphysics;
Aristotelian kinematics and non-locomotive Kineseis; Aristotle and
the mathematicians, ancient and modern; II. Spatial magnitude,
time, and motion: Alternatives to Aristotelianism; The quantum
model: Spatial magnitude; The quantum model: Time and locomotion;
The Stoic model;
Peroration.
`He is well aware of, and admirably avoids, the temptations and
pitfalls inherent in this kind of approach. When he deals with the
post-Aristotelian philosophers, his clarity and good judgement in
regard to the scanty and treacherous evidence are particularly
welcome ... A merit of this book is that it forces the reader to
ask fundamental questions.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
'an unusually productive approach to the history of philosophy, one
that combines historical reconstruction through detailed technical
analysis from within the perspective of the ancient theories ...
One obvious conclusion of the book, built from many rigorous,
subtle, and suggestive analyses, is that the principles of the
continuous and the discrete have a wide range of significance for
ancient and modern physical and mathematical analysis ... White
has
not disguised the intrinsically technical nature of his material,
but he has explicated it clearly and usually succinctly, A modest
amount of logical and mathematical notation is used, and his
rigorous
analysis is supported by a scattering of geometrical drawings and
graphs.'
Dirk D. Held, Connecticut College, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3.6
(1992)
'Scholarly, provocative, and persuasive, this work is thoroughly
professional'
choice, January 1993
'This is a fascinating story, and White tells it well. White's
reading of Aristotle is admirably sensitive to the detail of his
problems, his methods and his solutions.'
Nicholas Denyer, Trinity College, Cambridge, Mind, Vol. 102, No.
408, Oct '93
'This is an important book ... it is well argued and White displays
good knowledge of modern literature on the matter.'
Leo J. Elders, Institut voor Wysbegeerte en Theologie, Review of
Metaphysics, March 1994
'His discussion reveals the conceptual assumptions underlying each
position, and his conjectures ... are thought-provoking.'
S. Leggatt, University of Reading, The Classical Review, Vol.
XLIII, No. 2, 1993
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