01834oam 2200481I 450 991015461790332120230808200614.01-351-90664-X1-138-27611-11-315-24530-210.4324/9781315245300 (CKB)3710000000965321(MiAaPQ)EBC4758342(OCoLC)973030464(EXLCZ)99371000000096532120180706e20162009 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierReading Anselm's Proslogion the history of Anselm's argument and its significance today /Ian LoganLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (231 pages)Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.0-7546-6123-7 1-351-90665-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. The pre-text : the dialectical origins of Anselm's argument -- 3. The text -- 4. Commentary on the Proslogion -- 5. Anselm's defence and the Unum argumentum -- 6. The medieval reception -- 7. The modern reception -- 8. Anselm's argument.Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.GodProof, OntologicalGodProof, Ontological.212/.1Logan Ian.300532AnselmSaint, Archbishop of Canterbury,1033-1109.159583MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154617903321Reading Anselm's Proslogion2037383UNINA03757nam 2200625Ia 450 991096667970332120240416154956.0978067407505406740750569780674075023067407502110.4159/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(Perlego)1148080(EXLCZ)99255000000103896820121211d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe activity of being an essay on Aristotle's ontology /Aryeh Kosman1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20131 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780674072862 0674072863 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 Aryeh1809355MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966679703321The activity of being4360098UNINA