Translator's Acknowledgments
Translator's Introduction
First Course. The Concept of Nature, 1956-1957
Part 1. Study of the Variations of the Concept of Nature
1. The "Finalist" Element in Aristotle and the Stoics
2. Nature as the Idea of an Entirely Exterior Being, Made of Exterior Parts, Exterior to Man, and to Itself, as a Pure Object
3. The Humanist Conception of Nature
4. The Romantic Conception of Nature
Part 2. Modern Science and Nature
1. Classical and Modern Physics
2. Notions of Space and Time
3. The Idea of Nature in Whitehead
Second Course. The Concept of Nature, 1957-1958: Animality, the Human Body, and the Passage to Culture
1. Animality: The Tendencies of Modern Biology
2. Animality: The Study of Animal Behavior
Third Course. The Concept of Nature 1969-1960: Nature and Logos: The Human Body
First Sketch
Second Sketch
Third Sketch: The Human Body
Fourth Sketch: Two Preliminary Studies
Fifth Sketch
Sixth Sketch
Seventh Sketch: Man and Evolution: The Human Body
Eighth Sketch: The Human Body
Notes