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Introducing in China the Aristotelian Category of Quantity : from the Coimbra Commentary on the Dialectics (1606) to the Chinese Mingli tan (1636-ÂÂ1639)
663-683 p.
- Second Scholasticism greatly developed the medieval theory of continuous quantity as the Aristotelian notion for thematizing spatial extension, paving the way for the idea of space as extension in early modern natural philosophy. The article analyzes the section related to the category of continuous quantity in the Coimbra commentary on the Dialectics (1606), showing that it is indebted to the novel theory of Francisco Suárez on quantity as bestowing extension to a body in a particular sense, something which had been overlooked by previous research. The scholarly debate on quantity was brought to China, and here the Chinese translation is examined of the section on quantity in the fourth volume of the Mingli Tan, published in China in 1636ÂÂ1639. [Publisher's text].
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ISSN: 1972-5558
KEYWORDS
- Aristotle, continuous quantity, extension, early modern scholasticism, Sebastião do Couto, Pedro da Fonseca, Francisco Suárez, China
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