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The concept of self-motion is not only fundamental in Aristotle’s argument for the Prime Mover and in ancient and medieval theories of nature, but it is also central to many theories of human agency and moral responsibility. In this collection of mostly new essays, scholars of classical, Hellenistic, medieval, and early modern philosophy and science explore the question of whether or not there are such things as self-movers, and if so, what their self-motion consists in. They trace the development of the concept of self-motion from its formulation in Aristotle’s metaphysics, cosmology, and philosophy of nature through two millennia of philosophical, religious, and scientific thought. This volume contains 鈥淪elf-Movers鈥� (David Furley), 鈥淎ristotle on Self-Motion鈥� (Mary Louise Gill), 鈥淎ristotle on Perception, Appetition, and Self-Motion鈥� (Cynthia Freeland), 鈥淪elf-Movement and External Causation鈥� (Susan Sauv茅 Meyer), 鈥淎ristotle on the Mind’s Self-Motion鈥� (Michael Wedin), 鈥淢ind and Motion in Aristotle鈥� (Christopher Shields), 鈥淎ristotle’s Prime Mover鈥� (Aryeh Kosman), 鈥淭he Transcendence of the Prime Mover鈥� (Lindsay Judson), 鈥淪elf-Motion in Stoic Philosophy鈥� (David Hahm), 鈥淒uns Scotus on the Reality of Self-Change鈥� (Peter King), 鈥淥ckham, Self-Motion, and the Will鈥� (Calvin Normore), and 鈥淣atural Motion and Its Causes: Newton on the 鈥榁is Insita鈥� of Bodies鈥� (J. E. McGuire).

Originally published in 1994.

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