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- ISBN 9780791435526
- Weight: 236g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 16 Oct 1997
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Argues that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core and shows that Aristotle's genuine views have not been refuted by modern science and still deserve serious attention.
Maintaining that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core, David Bolotin argues in this book that Aristotle never seriously intended many of his doctrines that have been demolished by modern science. To that end, he presents a number of "case studies" to show that Aristotle deliberately misrepresented his views about nature—a thought that was commonly shared by commentators on his work in late antiquity and the middle ages. Bolotin demonstrates that Aristotle's real views have not been refuted by modern science and still deserve our most serious attention.
David Bolotin is a Tutor at St. John's College in Santa Fe. He is the author of Plato's Dialogue on Friendship: An Interpretation of the Lysis.
