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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451948903321

Autore

Kavanaugh Leslie Jaye

Titolo

The architectonic of philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz / / Leslie Jaye Kavanaugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-19122-1

9786611191221

90-485-0193-8

1-4356-4581-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Disciplina

111 22

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Ontology

Architecture - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The author's doctoral dissertation (proefschrift) presented to Universiteit van Amsterdam in 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: The Architectonic; Ch.1: The Architectonic as ArcheĢ; Ch.2: The Architectonic as Continuum; Ch.3: The Architectonic as Labyrinth; Ch.4: The Architectonic as Reticulum; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Whereas the history of philosophy defines metaphysics as asking the question 'What is Being?'; here is asked 'Where is Being?' What is to be analyzed is indeed part of the tradition of metaphysics to inquire about Being qua being, but here the inquiry is into its structure, its position within the ontological whole. The concept of the 'architectonic' is borrowed from Kant ... In this work, three philosophical structures are chosen for a more extensive examination: the three 'architectonics' are that of Plato's Chora, Aristoteles' continuum, and finally Leibniz's labyrinth"--Back cover.