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August Immanuel Bekker. Bekker numbering or Bekker pagination is the standard form of citation to the works of Aristotle.It is based on the page numbers used in the Prussian Academy of Sciences edition of the complete works of Aristotle (1831–1837) and takes its name from the editor of that edition, the classical philologist August Immanuel Bekker (1785–1871); because the academy was ...
In order to understand "nature" as defined in the previous book, one must understand the terms of the definition. To understand motion, book III begins with the definition of change based on Aristotle's notions of potentiality and actuality. [6] Change, he says, is the actualization of a thing's ability insofar as it is able. [7]
Aristotelian physics is the form of natural philosophy described in the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC). In his work Physics, Aristotle intended to establish general principles of change that govern all natural bodies, both living and inanimate, celestial and terrestrial – including all motion (change with respect to place), quantitative change (change with respect to ...
The works of Aristotle, sometimes referred to by modern scholars with the Latin phrase Corpus Aristotelicum, is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity. According to a distinction that originates with Aristotle himself, his writings are divisible into two groups: the " exoteric " and the " esoteric ". [ 1 ]
Bekker confined himself entirely to manuscript investigations and textual criticism; he contributed little to the extension of other types of scholarship. [1] Bekker numbers have become the standard way of referring to the works of Aristotle and the Corpus Aristotelicum.
Bekker number: Work Latin name Metaphysics 980a Metaphysics: Metaphysica: Ethics and politics 1094a Nicomachean Ethics: Ethica Nicomachea: 1181a Great Ethics* Magna Moralia * 1214a Eudemian Ethics: Ethica Eudemia: 1249a [On Virtues and Vices] [De Virtutibus et Vitiis Libellus] 1252a Politics: Politica: 1343a Economics* Oeconomica * Rhetoric and ...
The treatise is near-universally abbreviated "DA", for "De anima", and books and chapters generally referred to by Roman and Arabic numerals, respectively, along with corresponding Bekker numbers. (Thus, "DA I.1, 402a1" means "De anima, book I, chapter 1, Bekker page 402, Bekker column a [the column on the left side of the page], line number 1.)
This perpetual motion causes "communicated" motion, which is the perceived motion of bodies. [4] Aristotle (384 BC) claimed that all motion is caused, and can be sensed, but originally was potentially present in the now moving body. Once there is motion, that motion will continue infinitely unless it is stopped. [4]