On Longevity and Shortness of Life E-Book

Aristotle

• Herausgeber: Charles River Editors
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 13

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher who was largely responsible for shaping Western philosophy as it is known today.  Aristotle, who was one of Plato’s students and would later tutor Alexander the Great, was also regarded as the world’s first scientist and his many writings are still revered today.  This edition of On Longevity and Shortness of Life includes a table of contents. 

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ON LONGEVITY AND SHORTNESS OF LIFE

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Aristotle

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

On Longevity and Shortness of Life

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

ON LONGEVITY AND SHORTNESS OF LIFE

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Translated by Theodorus Gaza

PART 1

The reasons for some animals being long-lived and others short-lived, and, in a word, causes of the length and brevity of life call for investigation.

The necessary beginning to our inquiry is a statement of the difficulties about these points. For it is not clear whether in animals and plants universally, it is a single or diverse cause that makes some to be long-lived, others short-lived. Plants too have in some cases a long life, while in others it lasts but for a year.

Further, in a natural structure are longevity and a sound constitution coincident, or is shortness of life independent of unhealthiness? Perhaps in the case of certain maladies a diseased state of the body and shortness of life are interchangeable, while in the case of others ill-health is perfectly compatible with long life.