This commentary of Aquinas on the first book of the Physics of Aristotle is a summary of the thought of the Pre-Socratics and of Aristotle's approach to cosmology. A unit with all cross-references in English, it clarifies the thought of the ancients and of the medieval Aquinas with regard to the philosophy of nature; it presents all of this as a basis for subsequent philosophy of science. This work can be read by the layman; it can be used as a (...) text for an introduction to philosophy course; and it can be read with profit by one seeking a fully researched work in ancient philosophy. The work is a long overdue text for both the history of ancient philosophy and of the synthesis of ancient philosophers with that of Aquinas. It presents in English both the text of Aristotle and that of Aquinas' Commentary. (shrink)

This book is a complex challenging and refreshing approach to artwork in its many aspects and "linkages," to use Krukowski's term. In his consideration of the relation of art theories to artworks that persist and to those that cease being artworks, he poses many questions. His interdisciplinary approach to the meaning of art make this book important for artists, philosophers of art and for the layman as well. As both an active artist and a recognized philosopher, Lucian Krukowski presents both (...) practice and theory in his exploration of the becoming and "demise" of an artwork. His background brings to focus the consideration of art and philosophy as complementary. (shrink)

This is a scholarly work that can be read with fluidity and lucidity. Grafton and Jardine write to the point, give invaluable quotations to prove those points and proceed in such a way that each sentence naturally leads to the next. They write about a subject which in itself at its time was boring: the teaching of grammar from the viewpoint of humanism.