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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454525003321

Autore

Aristotle

Titolo

Metaphysics . Book [symbol of Theta] / / Stephen Makin (ed.) [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-19-189138-X

1-281-34122-3

0-19-154765-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Clarendon Aristotle series

Oxford scholarly editions online

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: Oxford: Clarendon, 2006.

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; TRANSLATION; COMMENTARY; TEXTUAL NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX LOCORUM; GENERAL INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen Makin presents a clear and accurate new translation of an influential and much-discussed part of Aristotle's philosophical system, accompanied by an analytical and critical commentary focusing on philosophical issues. In Book Theta of the Metaphysics Aristotle introduces the concepts of actuality and potentiality---which were to remain central to philosophical analysis into the modern era---and explores the distinction between the actual and the potential. - ;Stephen Makin presents a clear and accurate new translation of an influential and much-discussed part of Aristotle's philosophic