Aristotle on Substance : : The Paradox of Unity / / Mary Louise Gill.
This book explores a fundamental tension in Aristotle's metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organisma composite generated through the imposition of form on preexisting matterhave the conceptual unity that Aristotle demands of primary substances? Mary Louise Gill bases her treatment...
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Gill, Mary Louise, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Aristotle on Substance : The Paradox of Unity / Mary Louise Gill. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020] ©1991 1 online resource (296 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Matter and Subjecthood -- 2. The Elements -- 3. Generation -- 4. Matter and Definition -- 5. The Unity of Composite Substances -- 6. The Cause of Becoming -- 7. The Cause of Persistence -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX LOCORUM -- GENERAL INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book explores a fundamental tension in Aristotle's metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organisma composite generated through the imposition of form on preexisting matterhave the conceptual unity that Aristotle demands of primary substances? Mary Louise Gill bases her treatment of the problem of unity, and of Aristotle's solution, on a fresh interpretation of the relation between matter and form. Challenging the traditional understanding of Aristotelian matter, she argues that material substances are subverted by matter and maintained by form that controls the matter to serve a positive end. The unity of material substances thus involves a dynamic relation between resistant materials and directive ends. Aristotle on Substance offers both a general account of matter, form, and substantial unity and a specific assessment of particular Aristotelian arguments. At every point, Gill engages Aristotle on his own philosophical ground through the detailed analysis of central, and often controversial, texts from the Metaphysics, Physics, On Generation and Corruption, De Anima, De Caelo, and the biological works. The result is a coherent, firmly grounded rethinking of Aristotle's central metaphysical concepts and of his struggle toward a fully consistent theory of material substances. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Matiere Histoire. Substance (Philosophie). PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Albritton, R. Anaximander. Barnes, J. Cooper, J. Democritus. Empedocles. Furley, D. Greco, A. Grene, M. Happ, H. Heraclitus. Joachim. Kahn, C. Kostman, J. Lacey, A. R. Lennox, J. Loux, M. Mansion, A. Matthewson, P. Modrak, D. Owens, J. Parmenides. Prime Mover. Putnam, N. Rodier, G. Thales. Wedin, M. Wicksteed, P. H. Zabarella, I. aether. blood. categories: of change. contact. corpse. elemental transformation. essence. fetus. focal meaning. heavenly bodies. hylomorphic analysis. intellect. locomotion (change of place). organisms. paronymy. predication: accidental. receptacle. spatial. thisness. uniform materials. wearying. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Gap Years 9783110784237 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691222219?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691222219 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691222219/original |
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