On the Heavens

On the one hand, Aristotle critically re-examines the cosmological ideas and principles developed in Greece since the dawn of rational reflection on ‘physis’; on the other, he formulates an original and coherent vision of the universe. The ‘imago mundi’, which for many centuries dominated the Western conception of the cosmos, finds its formulation here. On the Heavens, on the other hand, far from being reduced to a collection of dry theories, presents itself as a fascinating intersection of logical rigour and religious pathos: Aristotle also seeks to convey a sense of veneration for the divine perfection of the heavens and the beings that inhabit them.