The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus
It is a puzzling fact that the Greek term for Nature ‘physis’ could be used to refer to (inter alia) i) reality as a whole, ii) the nature (essence) of something, iii) to individual material beings or materiality and iv) all things that are self-generating. In order to understand and tie together th...
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| Language: | eng |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/28013 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/28013 |