{"product_id":"9780715629826","title":"Aristotle on Life and Death","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAristotle on Life and Death\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): R.A.H. King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAristotle's \u003ci\u003eParva Naturalia\u003c\/i\u003e culminates in definitions of the stages of the life cycle, from the generation of a new living thing up to death.   Aristotle thinks of living things as food burners: they nourish themselves, and so, in some cases, possess the capacity for higher living functions such as perceiving. Their burning must be balanced, if it is to continue - and one way they do this is through breathing. Nonetheless, all such burning naturally develops and declines, thus describing the life span of the being concerned. This book provides a detailed reading of the end of the \u003ci\u003eParva Naturalia\u003c\/i\u003e (\"On the Length and Shortness of Life\", \"On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death\", including \"On Breathing\"), and shows how the investigation into life begun in the \u003ci\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/i\u003e is completed in the Parva Naturalia, culminating in definitions of the stages of the life cycle, from generation of a new living thing up to death, using the activity of nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780715629826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bristol Classical Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40597281702094,"sku":"9780715629826","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780715629826","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}