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- 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
- Chapter 2 Atemporal Teleology in Plato
- Chapter 3 Teleology and Names in the Platonic and Anaxagorean Traditions
- Chapter 4 Why Doesn’t the Moon Crash into the Earth?
- Chapter 5 Signs and Tokens
- Part III Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
- Part IV Teleology in Medicine
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Chapter 4 - Why Doesn’t the Moon Crash into the Earth?
Platonist and Stoic Teleologies in Plutarch’s Concerning the Face Which Appears in the Orb of the Moon.
from Part II - Plato and the Platonic 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
- Chapter 2 Atemporal Teleology in Plato
- Chapter 3 Teleology and Names in the Platonic and Anaxagorean Traditions
- Chapter 4 Why Doesn’t the Moon Crash into the Earth?
- Chapter 5 Signs and Tokens
- Part III Aristotle and the Aristotelian Tradition
- Part IV Teleology in Medicine
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
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- Teleology in the Ancient WorldPhilosophical and Medical Approaches, pp. 58 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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