Re: A Philosophical Physicist, Statement No. 2


Robert Kolker wrote:
> Douglas Eagleson wrote:
> .
> >
> > note: Aristotle was a kind of writer
> > who was prolific. And his error capacity
> > was zero. So, the necessity to simply
> > print his works is life threatening necessity.
>
> Aristotle was so wrong about so many things one could fill a book with
> his errors. In particular -Physics- and -On the Heavens-. Aristotle's
> physics was not only empirically false, but he had the means to find
> that out even in his own time. Aristotle did not check his conclusions
> empirically. That was his biggest error.
>
>
> >
> > 2000 years of confusion. Simple printing
> > in English is mandatory.
>
> It is not possible to give a totally exact translation of Greek into
> English. All translations, no matter how good they are, are approximate.
>
> Bob Kolker



Only idiots read Aristotle in predicate nowadays.


See, if he is so wrong to so many what was the error?

I said the translation lead to even Russell's error.

I made the case for removing exactness from the
translation.

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