Aristotle's gradations of being in Metaphysics E-Z
By: Joseph Owens ; edited with a preface by Lloyd P. Gerson.
Contributors: Gerson, Lloyd P.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: South Bend, Ind
Language: eng
Subjects: Owens, Joseph.; Aristotle.; Philosophy, Medieval.; Metaphysics.; Ontology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: (Book Epsilon): Macroscopic overview; value: E I (English translation); value: The role of book epsilon in the Metaphysics; value: Pure actuality and primacy in being; value: Aristotelian sciences and their starting points (E 1.1025b3-1026a23); value: The universality of being qua being; value: (Book Zeta): Microscopic investigation; value: Z I (English translation); value: The meanings of ousia; value: Essential being (to ti en einai); value: "Essential being" and singular thing; value: "Essential being" and form; value: Form and universal; value: Form and cause of being.