On the Heavens
c. 350 BC
De Caelo
Aristotle’s cosmological treatise. Book I, Part 9 discusses αἰών (“duration”) as the fulfilment of a life and of all time, “a name based upon the fact that it is always.”
Translated by J. L. Stocks
English translation by J. L. Stocks (1922). Public domain. Digital text via the Internet Classics Archive (MIT).
Contents
- Book I, Part 1
- Book I, Part 2
- Book I, Part 3
- Book I, Part 4
- Book I, Part 5
- Book I, Part 6
- Book I, Part 7
- Book I, Part 8
- Book I, Part 9
- Book I, Part 10
- Book I, Part 11
- Book I, Part 12
- Book II, Part 1
- Book II, Part 2
- Book II, Part 3
- Book II, Part 4
- Book II, Part 5
- Book II, Part 6
- Book II, Part 7
- Book II, Part 8
- Book II, Part 9
- Book II, Part 10
- Book II, Part 11
- Book II, Part 12
- Book II, Part 13
- Book II, Part 14
- Book III, Part 1
- Book III, Part 2
- Book III, Part 3
- Book III, Part 4
- Book III, Part 5
- Book III, Part 6
- Book III, Part 7
- Book III, Part 8
- Book IV, Part 1
- Book IV, Part 2
- Book IV, Part 3
- Book IV, Part 4
- Book IV, Part 5
- Book IV, Part 6