Dunamis and the Science of Mechanics: Aristotle on Animal Motion
Dunamis and the Science of Mechanics: Aristotle on Animal Motion
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杜纳米斯与力学科学：亚里士多德论动物运动
DOI：
10.1353/hph.2008.1828
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发表时间：
2008
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0.7
通讯作者：
J. D. Groot
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作者：
J. D. Groot
它表明，亚里士多德的参考自动机在他的生物论文是为了调用背后的原则古老的概念杠杆，即点上的旋转半径的圆都以不同的速度移动成比例的距离中心。这个原理是数学的，它解释了一个整体现象。对他来说，自动机并不主要意味着一系列相互联系的物质推动者，即机械的现代模型。对于动物的运动和胚胎发育，亚里士多德以杠杆原理所显示的机械势的思想为模型，提出了他的杜那米斯概念。
It is shown that Aristotle's references to automata in his biological treatises are meant to invoke the principle behind the ancient conception of the lever, i.e. that points on the rotating radius of a circle all move at different speeds proportional to their distances from the center. This principle is mathematical and explains a phenomenon taken as whole. Automata do not signify for him primarily a succession of material movers in contact, the modern model for mechanism. For animal locomotion and embryological development, Aristotle models his dunamis concept on the idea of mechanical potential that the lever principle displays.