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The Doctrine of Being in the Aristotelian Metaphysics: A Study in the Greek Background of Mediaeval Thought (3rd ed.)

By Joseph , Owens

Book information

Publisher
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Year
1978
ISBN
0888444095
LCC
B434.085 1978
Google Books ID
JjsIAQAAIAAJ
Language
eng
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32652036 bytes)
Volume
1.0
Pages
\574
Time added
2024-05-27 06:31:04
Ancient & ClassicalAristotle — OntologyAristotle. MetaphysicsHistory & SurveysMedievalMetaphysicsPhilosophy

Description

The problem of being is central to Western metaphysics. Etched sharply in the verses of Parmenides, it took on distinctive colouring in Aristotle as the subject matter of a science expressly labelled 'theological.' For Aristotle, being could not be shared in generic fashion by other natures. As a nature it had to be found not in various species but in a primary instance only. The science specified by the primary nature was accordingly the one science that under the aspect of being treated universally of whatever is: it dealt with being qua being.

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