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Book 3 of Aristotle's "Physics "primarily concerns two important concepts for his theory of nature: change and infinity. Change is important because, in Book 2, he has defined nature - the subject-matter of the "Physics "- as an internal source of change. Much of his discussion is dedicated to showing that the change occurs in the patient which undergoes it, not in the agent which causes it. Thus Book 3 is an important step in clearing the way...

The two texts in this volume-Porphyry's On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of His Works and Marinus's Proclus, or On Happiness-are fundamental for an understanding not only of Neoplatonism but also of the conventions of biography in late antiquity. Neither has received such extensive annotation before in English, and in his commentary Mark Edwards makes full use of recent scholarship. The essay-length introduction is intended both as ...

Sie dachten, Sie kennen die Geschichte von Rotkäppchen? Sie haben ja keine Ahnung! Dieses kleine Mädchen mit Unschuldsmine hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren. Mit Hilfe ihrer Freunde kann sie bösen Bonbon-Banditen das Handwerk legen und trainiert im Märchenwald fleißig an ihren Nahkampftechniken. Denn nach dem Ermittlungsverfahren um ihre Großmutter wartet schon der nächste spannende Fall auf sie: Die Geschwister Hänsel und Gretel sind spurlos ...

Susie Edwards - a prolific writer of personal notes - demonstrated to literally hundreds of people how to live and die at the hands of ovarian, colon, and liver cancer. Her profound gratitude and abiding sense of peace were evident in the frequent Facebook updates that she and Mark - her caregiver husband - posted during their two-year battle. Devotional books typically tie a scripture passage to daily entries, but in Notes from Susie they cho...