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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454867803321

Titolo

Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta [[electronic resource] ] : Symposium Aristotelicum / / edited by Michel Crubellier and AndreĢ Laks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-26862-7

9786612268625

0-19-156959-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrubellierMichel <1948->

LaksAndreĢ

Disciplina

110

185

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 16th Symposium Aristotelicum-Lille, 20-24 August 2002 List of participants; Introduction; 1. Aporia Zero (Metaphysics, B 1, 995[sup(a)]24-995[sup(b)]4); 2. Aporiai 1-2; 3. Aporiai 3-5; 4. Aporiai 6-7; 5. Aporia 8; 6. Aporiai 9-10; 7. Aporia 11; 8. Aporia 12 (and 12 bis); 9. Aporiai 13-14; Bibliography; Index locorum; Index of Modern Names; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nine leading scholars of ancient philosophy from Europe, the UK, and North America offer a systematic study of Book Beta of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The work takes the form of a series of aporiai or 'difficulties' which Aristotle presents as necessary points of engagement for those who wish to attain wisdom. The topics include causation, substance, constitution, properties, predicates, and generally the ontology of both the perishable and the imperishable world.Each contributor discusses one or two of these aporiai in sequence: the result is a discursive commentary on this seminal text of West