LEADER 03679nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910452640903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07505-6 010 $a0-674-07502-1 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674075023 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038968 035 $a(EBL)3301234 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834820 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464331 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834820 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10981457 035 $a(PQKB)11136274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301234 035 $a(DE-B1597)209844 035 $a(OCoLC)828868932 035 $a(OCoLC)900721060 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674075023 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301234 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10664490 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038968 100 $a20121211d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe activity of being$b[electronic resource] $ean essay on Aristotle's ontology /$fAryeh Kosman 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-07286-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Being and Substance -- $tChapter 2. Motion and Activity -- $tChapter 3. Activity and Substance -- $tChapter 4. The Activity of Living Being -- $tChapter 5. What Something Is -- $tChapter 6. Something's Being What It Is -- $tChapter 7. The First Mover -- $tChapter 8. Divine Being and Thought -- $tChapter 9. The Activity of Being -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aUnderstanding "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. 606 $aOntology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOntology. 676 $a111.092 700 $aKosman$b Louis Aryeh$01027548 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452640903321 996 $aThe activity of being$92443071 997 $aUNINA