TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE CHAPTER ONE The Matter of Metaphysics 1.1 Experiencing the Material World 1.2 Explaining the Material Substrate 1.3 Sages of Ancient Greece Thales Anaximander Anaximenes 1.4 Number, Flow, and Being Pythagoras Heraclitus Parmenides 1.5 Roots, Seeds, and Indivisibles Empedocles Anaxagoras Democritus 1.6 Agora, Academy, and Lyceum Socrates Plato Aristotle 1.7 Cosmos Aristo (essay in progress) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ BIBLIOGRAPHY _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ( Chapters to be written, as time permits... ) ?CHAPTER TWO Atoms and Molecules ?CHAPTER THREE On the Road to Empirical Science ?CHAPTER FOUR Metabolism ?CHAPTER FIVE Cell Signaling, Networks, and Cognition ?CHAPTER SIX Reflections on Metaphysics ?CHAPTER SEVEN Ultimate Utility _______________________________________________________________________________________________ MISCELLANY ARCHIVE
i wrote this essay in 2001 while reading many interesting papers on molecular cell biology. The first paragraphs are not too technical, then the story gets a bit rich with detail.
A tribute to Franklin K. Harold's booklength contemplation of the living cell. Although my essay needs a bit more polish, you may enjoy my du jour if you have yet to discover Harold's great work.