Print version: Ward, Ann. Matter and form : from natural science to political philosophy. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2009] xxvi, 241 pages ; 24 cm ISBN 9780739135686
Includes bibliographical references and index
part I. Ancient science, natural teleology, and the order of politics -- part II. Heavenly perfection and psychic harmony -- part III. Skepticism, mechanism, and the new politics -- part IV. The scientific roots of liberalism and contemporary "biopolitics".