The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus
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Resumo: | 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 this wide array of possible meanings, I will consider the thesis that ‘physis’ was in fact used as a concept of being, a term naming the fundamental property of all of reality in the early pre-Socratics, poets and scientists before 500 BCE. Investigating ‘physis’ in this way can give us a way of thinking about Nature as a dynamic and creative but material process that goes far beyond the classical understanding of Nature as the sum of things that self-generate or the modern mathematical understanding of Nature born with Galileo, dominant to this day. |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the TimaeusPhysisAncient Greek philosophyTimaeusProcessDynamic materialismIt 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 this wide array of possible meanings, I will consider the thesis that ‘physis’ was in fact used as a concept of being, a term naming the fundamental property of all of reality in the early pre-Socratics, poets and scientists before 500 BCE. Investigating ‘physis’ in this way can give us a way of thinking about Nature as a dynamic and creative but material process that goes far beyond the classical understanding of Nature as the sum of things that self-generate or the modern mathematical understanding of Nature born with Galileo, dominant to this day.Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Centro de Filosofia / Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade de LisboaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaRöck, Tina2017-06-07T10:35:48Z2016-042016-04-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/28013eng0872-4784info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:19:12Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/28013Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:44:13.352752Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus Röck, Tina Physis Ancient Greek philosophy Timaeus Process Dynamic materialism |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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The Concept of Nature - from Pre-Socratic Physis to the Natural ΚΌΣΜΟΣ of the Timaeus |
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Röck, Tina |
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Röck, Tina |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Röck, Tina |
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Physis Ancient Greek philosophy Timaeus Process Dynamic materialism |
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Physis Ancient Greek philosophy Timaeus Process Dynamic materialism |
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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 this wide array of possible meanings, I will consider the thesis that ‘physis’ was in fact used as a concept of being, a term naming the fundamental property of all of reality in the early pre-Socratics, poets and scientists before 500 BCE. Investigating ‘physis’ in this way can give us a way of thinking about Nature as a dynamic and creative but material process that goes far beyond the classical understanding of Nature as the sum of things that self-generate or the modern mathematical understanding of Nature born with Galileo, dominant to this day. |
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