Böcker av Giovanni Gellera

I shall investigate the natural philosophy of the graduation theses of the Scottish universities in the first half of the seventeenth century. I shall seek to prove that the natural philosophy of the Scottish universities can be defined as 'Eclectic Scotistic Reformed Scholasticism'. The focus will be on two concepts of general physics: prime matter and movement. These concepts are fundamental to the understanding of Scholastic natural philosophy and its relation to early modern philosophy and science. My primary focus will be on the former aspect.

Aristotle, a student of Plato, wrote Nicomachean Ethics in 350 BCE, in a time of extraordinary intellectual development. Over two millennia later, his thorough exploration of virtue, reason, and the ultimate human good still forms the basis of the values at the heart of Western civilization.