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Elemental philosophy: earth, air, fire, and water as environmental ideas
David Macauley
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Part I: Elemental Encounters and Ideas (page 11)
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Chapter 1. Philosophy's Forgotten Four (page 13)
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Interstice: Stone (page 51)
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Chapter 2. The Topology of the Elemental Environment (page 59)
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Interstice: Wood (page 93)
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Part II: Elemental Theories (page 101)
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Chapter 3. The Flowering of Ecological Roots: Empedocles' Elemental Thought (page 103)
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Interstice: Ice and Snow (page 137)
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Chapter 4. Plato's Chora-graphy of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water (page 143)
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Interstice: Cloud (page 173)
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Chapter 5. The Place of the Elements and the Elements of Place: Aristotle's Natural Household (page 179)
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Interstice: Heat and Cold (page 201)
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Chapter 6. The Economy and Ecology of the Aristotelian Elements (page 209)
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Interstice: Light and Shadow (page 243)
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Part III: Elemental Worlds (page 253)
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Chapter 7. Domestication of the Elements (page 255)
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Interstice: Night (page 283)
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Chapter 8. In Touch With the Sensuous World: The Reclamation of the Elemental in Continental Philosophy (page 293)
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Interstice: Space (page 327)
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Chapter 9. Revaluing Earth, Air, Fire, and Water: Elemental Beauty, Ecological Duty, and Environmental Policy (page 333)
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Notes (page 357)
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Index (page 419)
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Published: c2010
Publisher: State University of New York Press
- 9781438432458 (hardcover)
- 9781438432465 (ebook)
- 9781438432441 (paper)