The Activity of Being: An Essay on Aristotle’s Ontology

Aryeh Kosman

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

The Activity of Being

An Essay on Aristotle’s Ontology

Aryeh Kosman

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674075023

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About this book

Understanding “what something is” has long occupied philosophers, and no Western thinker has had more influence on the nature of being than Aristotle. Focusing on a reinterpretation of the concept of energeia as “activity,” Aryeh Kosman reexamines Aristotle’s ontology and some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher’s thought.

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Kosman Aryeh :

Aryeh Kosman is John Whitehead Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Haverford College.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Chapter 1. Being and Substance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Motion and Activity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 3. Activity and Substance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter 4. The Activity of Living Being Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 5. What Something Is Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Chapter 6. Something’s Being What It Is Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 7. The First Mover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 8. Divine Being and Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter 9. The Activity of Being Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 295
Illustrations
- Other: 3 line illustrations
Keywords: PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics

eBook

Published: March 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674075023