‘Just as in battle’: The simile of the rout in Aristotle’s ...

The idea of an expanding state of calm or cessation of movement appears repeatedly in the genetic account of knowledge Aristotle presents from 99b35 forward. At the outset of the chapter (99b17-18) he identifies the two questions he will attempt to answer: (a) concerning the first principles, how they become known (per‹ d¢ t«n érx«n, p«w ... ................
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