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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971913803321

Autore

Aristotle

Titolo

Metaphysics : book [theta] / / Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Stephen Makin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

019189138X

1281341223

0191547654

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 pages)

Collana

Clarendon Aristotle series

Altri autori (Persone)

MakinStephen <1955->

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 (p. 274-279) and indexes.

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.