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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524700103321

Autore

Sentesy Mark

Titolo

Aristotle's ontology of change / / Mark Sentesy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Evanston, Illinois : , : Northwestern University Press, , [2020]

ISBN

0-8101-4190-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Rereading ancient philosophy

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Ontology

Change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Change and the Many Senses of Being in Physics I -- The Demonstration of Change in Physics III.1-2 -- Energeia, Entelecheia, and the Completeness of Change -- The Being of Potency -- The Ontology of Epigenesis -- Genesis and the Internal Structure of Sources in Metaphysics IX.8 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines what change is and what it contributes to ontology in the work of Aristotle"--