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Contents Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. The importance of the primary kind of change . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.2 The arrangement of the Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.2.1 First option: Books VI–VIII as the treatise On Change 18 2.2.1.1 Andronicus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.2.1.2 Theophrastus’ letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.2.1.3 References in Aristotle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.2.1.4 Eudemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.2.2 Second option: Books V–VIII as the treatise On Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2.3 The eight books of the Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.3.1 Physics I–IV: Examining change for the sake of understanding nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.3.2 Physics V–VIII: The general analysis of change . . . . 27 2.4 Physics VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2.4.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2.4.2 The argument of Physics VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2.4.3 The importance of the primary kind of change . . . . 34 2.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 3. Change in quality and quantity of living beings depends on loco- motion, but not vice versa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.2 Growth and diminution presuppose alteration . . . . . . . . 44 3.2.1 Growth presupposes alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3.2.2 Diminution presupposes alteration . . . . . . . . . . 48 3.3 Alteration presupposes locomotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 3.4 Does locomotion precede all occurrences of change in quan- tity? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 3.5 The reason for the restriction of the argument’s scope . . . . 58 ISBN Print: 9783525253069 — ISBN E-Book: 9783647253060 © 2014, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen