Book contents
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The Socratic Foundations of Teleology
- Part II Plato and the Platonic Tradition
- Part III Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
- Chapter 6 Biology and Teleology in Aristotle’s Account of the City
- Chapter 7 Aristotelian Mechanistic Explanation
- Chapter 8 The Purpose of the Natural World
- Chapter 9 William Harvey
- Part IV Teleology in Medicine
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Chapter 7 - Aristotelian Mechanistic Explanation
from Part III - Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 October 2017
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Teleology in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The Socratic Foundations of Teleology
- Part II Plato and the Platonic Tradition
- Part III Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
- Chapter 6 Biology and Teleology in Aristotle’s Account of the City
- Chapter 7 Aristotelian Mechanistic Explanation
- Chapter 8 The Purpose of the Natural World
- Chapter 9 William Harvey
- Part IV Teleology in Medicine
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
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- Teleology in the Ancient WorldPhilosophical and Medical Approaches, pp. 107 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017