The mechanization of Aristotelianism

Cees Leijenhorst
The mechanization of Aristotelianism

-the late Aristotelian setting of Thomas Hobbes’ natural philosophy

Brill (18 Dec. 2001)

 

 

 

Table of contents

Preface

Notice to the Reader
Abbreviations

Introduction
Hobbes and the Aristotelians
Philosophia Prima
Aristotelianism
The Scope and structure of this Study

Chapter 1 Hobbes and the Aristotelians on Prima Philosophia

 

Introduction
1. Prima Philosophia as a Discipline of the Non-Transcendent
2. Prima Philosophia as Physica Generalis
3. Prima Philosophia as a Science of Principles and Definitions

Chapter 2 Sense Perception and Imagination

 

Introduction
1. Sense Perception in the Short Tract
2. Hobbes' Later Doctrine of Sense Perception
Conclusion: Aristotelianism, Mechanicism, and Renaissance Pansensism

Chapter 3 Space and Time

 

Introduction
1. Hobbes’ Concept of Space
2. Hobbes’ Concept of Time

Chapter 4 Body and Accident

 

Introduction
1. Substance and Accident in the Short Tract
2. Hobbes’ Concept of Body in De Corpore
3. Hobbes’ Concept of Accident in De Corpore
Epilogue: The Principle of Individuation

Chapter 5 Causality, Motion and Necessity

 

Introduction
1. Motion, Causality and Necessity in the Short Tract
2. Causality, Motion, and Necessity in Hobbes’ Later Works

Conclusion

Bibliography
Primary Literature
Studies

Index Nominum