Mathematics in Aristotle

xiv, 291 pp. Heath's work in study and translation of Greek mathematical works is partially responsible for the modern understanding of Archimedes's contribution to the field. Heath (1861-1940) was a preeminent authority on ancient Greek mathematics, a distinction all the more remarkable by its being achieved amidst a full career as a civil servant. Among numerous editions and monographs he is perhaps best known for A History of Greek Mathematics (2 vols, 1921), which "immediately became the standard work on the subject." -- Dictionary of National Biography. The present work was prepared for publication from the author's manuscript by his widow. CONTENTS: Introduction; Categories; Prior Analytics; Posterior Analytics; Topics; Physics; De Caelo; Meteorology; De Anima; Metaphysics; Mechanics; Treatise on Indivisible Lines; Problems: Books XV; Problems: XVI; Problems: Book XXIII; Nicomachean and Eudemian Ethics; De Motu Animalium; De Incessu Animalium; Index.