Description: How did Aristotle, the founder of scientific biology, define life? In this volume, which collects the contributions to a conference held in 2006, philologists, philosophers and biologists approach this question.
Brief description: Sabine Follinger, Studium der Klassischen Philologie in Freiburg, Munchen und Rom. 1993 Promotion in Freiburg, 2000 Habilitation in Mainz. Seit 2003 Professorin fur Klassische Philologie/Schwerpunkt Grazistik in Bamberg. Veroffentlichungen in den Bereichen der antiken Philosophie, der antiken Biologie, der antiken Wissensvermittlung, der griechischen Tragodie, der archaischen Dichtung und der Gender studies.
Review Quotes: "This is a commendable book. It presents a great variety of approaches towards Aristotle's concept of life and its reception in a rich and highly instructive way. Some of its papers present substantial contributions to the study of Aristotle's biology."