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Aristotle: Metaphysics Theta: Translated with an Introduction and Commentary (Clarendon Aristotle) (Clarendon Aristotle Series) by Aristotle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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I read this book for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Topic of Metaphysics is Ousia=substance and being. What is the meaning of being? With respect to matter and form, it is primarily about form. Analytically both can be separate and distinct, but not in reality. One can analyze matter by potentiality and actuality. Matter can't answer the question of being without form. Some natural things are always a composite of matter and form, it is the answer to the question of what is ousia or being in nature. Matter by itself can't give us the answer to what a thing is. Ousia=substance and being. Ousia= Being is the "this" spoken of in primary ousia. This is contrary to Plato. Categories vs. Metaphysics. We can talk of the "being" as quality as "not white." Being spoken of in many ways but only of one thing, i.e., "the focal being." Word being has flexibility. Other flexible words is essence. (the what it is to be). In Greek for Aristotle, a bed is not an Ousia because it is from techne=craft it can have an essence. Ousia is reserved for material things self manufactured in nature. All things are derived from a primary ousia. This has to do with focal being, health is su
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- Author
- Aristotle
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780198751083
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, History
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (12 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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