ARISTOTHELES.

ARISTOTELES. "Of Heaven and the World".
Antonio Rubio and Luis de Velasco
Publisher, Andrés Grande printing house, Madrid 1615.
Written in Latin.
Seventeenth century parchment covers.
Good condition.
Measurements: 21.5 x 16 x 2.5 cm.

Aristotes, (Stagira, 384 B.C.-Calcis, 322 B.C.) Greek philosopher, polymath and scientist born in the north of Ancient Greece. He is considered, together with Plato, the father of Western philosophy. His ideas have exerted an enormous influence on the intellectual history of the West for more than two millennia.

In this work, translated into Latin as De caelo et mundo, Aristotle (384-322 BC) set out the main lines of his cosmological theory. In it the celestial bodies were defined as perfect elements, alien to corruption and therefore eternal. This vision of the incorruptible and endless universe marked the development of astronomical science and became a fundamental pillar of scientific knowledge during the Middle Ages. However, the assumption of Aristotelian assumptions generated important conflicts within the Church since his work contained judgments and opinions that could collide with Christian dogma. Assertions such as the eternity of the world, thus denying the creative act of God, or that the processes of nature were regular and unalterable, which eliminated miracles, were widely discussed.