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Although the more recent Aristotelian literature would not seem to dedicate particular attention to the teleological problem,1 Aristotelian flnalism has, however, been subject to interpretations which tend not only to place it in an original context but also to “upset” a reading which, for centuries, seemed to propose as characteristic of the physical and “metaphysical” system of Aristotle, a vision of the world articulated to the end or reason towards which every being tends.
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In the wide panorama of contemporary Aristotelian literature, studies dedicated specifically to Aristotelian teleology are noticeably rare. Among such we should note: C. Werner, ‘La finalité d’après Aristote,’ Rev. de Théol. et de Philos., 1931, pp. 5–16; A. Sandoz, ‘Le rôle de la cause finale dans l’expéience chez Aristotle,’ Rev. de Philos., 1934, pp. 46–75, 271–82, and 1937, pp. 104–22, 210–31; some articles by G. Bortolaso in La Civilitd Cattolica, 1954, v. II, pp. 27–39, 249–60, 630–41; 1960, v. IV, pp. 461–70; 1961, v. I, pp. 571–80, and v. II. pp. 465–75; and above all M. P. Lerner, La notion de finalite chez Aristote, Paris, 1969. Nonetheless, naturally, the teleological problem has been widely referred to in numerous studies dedicated to other aspects of Aristotelian thought or in general to Aristotelian philosophy.
W. Wieland, Die aristotelische Physik, Göttingen, 1962 (reprinted 1970 ).
Cfr. for all H. Wagner, Einleitung, in Aristoteles, Physikvorlesung, Berlin, 1967, pp. 337–60.
See for example M. Pohlenz, ‘Hippocrates de prisca medicina’, Hermes, 1918, pp. 396 ss.; P. Kurcharski, ‘La méthode d’Hippocrate dans la Phaedre,’ Rev. des Etudes grecques, 1938, pp. 301 ss.
Cfr. e.g. W. D. Ross, ‘Introduction’, in Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Oxford, 1931; J. H. Randall, Aristotle, New York-London, 1962, p. 215 passim.
Cfr. M. Grene, ‘Aristotle and Modern Biology’, Journal of the History of Ideas, 1972, pp. 395–424.
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Capecci, A. (1979). Final Causality and Teleological System in Aristotle. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) The Teleologies in Husserlian Phenomenology. Analecta Husserliana, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9437-9_2
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