00914nam0 2200265 450 00003149820170607132636.020170607d1973----km-y0itay50------baengITy-------001yyCategories and commutative algebra[Centro internazionale matematico estivo]RomaCremonese1973337 p.ill.24 cmIn testa al front.: 3. ciclo 1971, Varenna, 12-21 settembre 1971, coordinatore P. Salmon.Categories and commutative algebra823144Algebra astratta51214AlgebraSalmon,PaoloCentro internazionale matematico estivo284620ITUNIPARTHENOPE20170607REICATUNIMARC000031498M 512.24/1M 421DSA2017Categories and commutative algebra823144UNIPARTHENOPE03645nam 2200565Ia 450 991077967160332120230803020653.00-674-07505-60-674-07502-110.4159/harvard.9780674075023(CKB)2550000001038968(EBL)3301234(SSID)ssj0000834820(PQKBManifestationID)11464331(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834820(PQKBWorkID)10981457(PQKB)11136274(MiAaPQ)EBC3301234(DE-B1597)209844(OCoLC)828868932(OCoLC)900721060(DE-B1597)9780674075023(Au-PeEL)EBL3301234(CaPaEBR)ebr10664490(EXLCZ)99255000000103896820121211d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe activity of being[electronic resource] an essay on Aristotle's ontology /Aryeh KosmanCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20131 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-07286-3 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 -- IndexUnderstanding "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.OntologyOntology.111.092Kosman Louis Aryeh1528519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779671603321The activity of being3772167UNINA