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Doing and being : an interpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics theta /

'Doing and Being' confronts the problem of how to understand two central concepts of Aristotle's philosophy: energeia and dunamis. These terms seem ambiguous between actuality/potentiality and activity/capacity, but Aristotle did not intend this.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beere, Jonathan B., 1974-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Oxford Aristotle studies.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Metaphysics. > Book 9.
Metaphysics (Aristotle)
Aristoteles. > Metaphysica 9.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Electronic books.
Kommentar.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:'Doing and Being' confronts the problem of how to understand two central concepts of Aristotle's philosophy: energeia and dunamis. These terms seem ambiguous between actuality/potentiality and activity/capacity, but Aristotle did not intend this.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-356) and index.
ISBN:9780191571534
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