1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002104550203316

Autore

COWLING, Maurice

Titolo

1867 : Disraeli, Gladstone and revolution : the passing of the second Reform Bill / by Maurice Cowling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979

Descrizione fisica

IX, 450 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Cambridge studies in the history and theory of politics

Disciplina

942

Soggetti

Gran Bretagna - Politica - Sec. 19

Disraeli, Benjamin

Gladstone, William Ewart

Collocazione

IL i I 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779671603321

Autore

Kosman Louis Aryeh

Titolo

The activity of being [[electronic resource] ] : an essay on Aristotle's ontology / / Aryeh Kosman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-674-07505-6

0-674-07502-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

111.092

Soggetti

Ontology

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Being and Substance -- Chapter 2. Motion and Activity -- Chapter 3. Activity and Substance -- Chapter 4. The Activity of Living Being -- Chapter 5. What Something Is -- Chapter 6. Something's Being What It Is -- Chapter 7. The First Mover -- Chapter 8. Divine Being and Thought -- Chapter 9. The Activity of Being -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding "what something is" is a project that has long occupied philosophers. Perhaps no thinker in the Western tradition has had more influence on how we approach this question than Aristotle, whose Metaphysics remains the locus classicus of rigorous examinations into the nature of being. Now, in an elegantly argued new study, Aryeh Kosman reinterprets Aristotle's ontology and compels us to reexamine some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher's thought. For Aristotle, to ask "what something is" is to inquire into a specific mode of its being, something ordinarily regarded as its "substance." But to understand substance, we need the concept of energeia-a Greek term usually translated as "actuality." In a move of far-reaching consequence, Kosman explains that the correct translation of energeia is not "actuality" but "activity." We have subtly misunderstood the Metaphysics on this crucial point, says Kosman. Aristotle conceives of substance as a kind of dynamic activity, not some inert quality. Substance is something actively being what it is. Kosman demonstrates how this insight significantly alters our understanding of



a number of important concepts in Aristotelian thought, from accounts of motion, consciousness, and essence to explanations of the nature of animal and divine being. Whether it is approached as an in-depth introduction to Aristotle's metaphysics or as a highly original reassessment sure to spark debate, there can be no argument that The Activity of Being is a major contribution to our understanding of one of philosophy's most important thinkers.

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996200114203316

Titolo

Abstracta Iranica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Téhéran, : Institut français d'iranologie de Téhéran

ISSN

1961-960X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

955

Soggetti

Abstracts.

Periodicals.

Iran Abstracts Periodicals

Iran Bibliographie

Iran Résumés analytiques

Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed