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Aristotle. Physics or Natural Hearing.(Book review)

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From: The Review of Metaphysics
Date: 20071201
Author:Tkacz, Michael W.

ARISTOTLE. Physics or Natural Hearing. Translated by Glen Coughlin. William of Moerbeke Translation Series. South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press, 2005. xxxi + 308 pp. Cloth: $40.00, paper: $18.00--In the course of its history, Aristotle's treatise on the principles of nature has often born the title Physica ex auditu, indicating that the difficult study of these principles requires the aid of a teacher. Indeed, this title is something of a pun, for an important element of Aristotelian natural philosophy is the insistence that nature herself teaches us her principles through ...

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