{"product_id":"aquinas-on-matter-and-form-and-the-elements-9780268020002","title":"Aquinas on Matter and Form and the Elements","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, the author presents, translates, and offers an interpretation of Aquinas's \"\"De Principiis Naturae\"\" and his \"\"De Mixtione Elementorum\"\". He reflects on what Aquinas says about matter and form and the elements in various contexts and throughout his works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . Joseph Bobik offers some genuine, straightforward, and unencumbered philosophy using the words of Thomas Aquinas as a point of departure. \u003cem\u003eAquinas on Matter and Form and the Elements\u003c\/em\u003e is ‘must’ reading for all scholars and students of the works of Thomas Aquinas.” —\u003cem\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Congratulations and thanks to Joseph Bobik for having provided a translation that is both accurate and readable of Thomas’s \u003cem\u003eDe principiis naturae\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDe mixitone elementorum\u003c\/em\u003e.” –\u003cem\u003eThe Thomist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This work is a companion to Bobik’s earlier translation and commentary on Aquinas’s \u003cem\u003eOn Being and Essence\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Principles of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the reader to the basic Aristotelian principles such as matter and form, the four causes so fundamental to Aquinas’s philosophy. \u003cem\u003eOn Mixture of the Elements *examines the question of how the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water) remain within the physical things composed from them. Bobik gives probably the first published English translation of this work by Aquinas. He includes a section that puts some of the issues raised into a broader context by relating Aquinas’s theory both to modern physics, especially the Big Bang theory, and to the work of a little-known medieval Jewish philosopher, Nahmanides.” —\u003c\/em\u003eReligious Studies Review*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bobik gives a quick, easily digestible translation and discussion of Aquinas’ physical theories, most suitable for those with a prevailing interest in the Thomistic worldview.” —\u003cem\u003ePhilosophy in Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book offers a translation of Aquinas’s \u003cem\u003eDe Principiis Naturae\u003c\/em\u003e (circa 1252) and \u003cem\u003eDe Mixione Elementorum\u003c\/em\u003e (1273) accompanied by a continuous commentary, followed by two essays: “Elements in the Composition of Physical Substances” and “The Elements in Aquinas and the Elements Today.” The unity of the volume rests in the question of the composition of natural things (whether out of matter and form, or out of the elements). . . . Bobik’s translation is remarkably clear.” —\u003cem\u003eThe Review of Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400722719063,"sku":"9780268020002","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268020002.jpg?v=1730471392","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aquinas-on-matter-and-form-and-the-elements-9780268020002","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}