{"product_id":"aristotle-on-life-and-death-r-a-h-king-9780715629826","title":"Aristotle on Life and Death","description":"\u003cp\u003eAristotle's \u003ci\u003eParva Naturalia\u003c\/i\u003e culminates in definitions of the stages of the life cycle, from the generation of a new living thing up to death. Aristotle thinks of living things as food burners: they nourish themselves, and so, in some cases, possess the capacity for higher living functions such as perceiving. Their burning must be balanced, if it is to continue - and one way they do this is through breathing. Nonetheless, all such burning naturally develops and declines, thus describing the life span of the being concerned. This book provides a detailed reading of the end of the \u003ci\u003eParva Naturalia\u003c\/i\u003e (\"On the Length and Shortness of Life\", \"On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death\", including \"On Breathing\"), and shows how the investigation into life begun in the \u003ci\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/i\u003e is completed in the Parva Naturalia, culminating in definitions of the stages of the life cycle, from generation of a new living thing up to death, using the activity of nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. a. H. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0715629824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780715629826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol Classical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.66d","brand":"R. a. H. King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120109777151,"sku":"9780715629826","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50f47e08-dc34-463e-be9c-929854b42ada.jpg?v=1687412603","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristotle-on-life-and-death-r-a-h-king-9780715629826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}