The architectonic of philosophy : Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz / Leslie Jaye Kavanaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kavanaugh, Leslie Jaye.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Aristotle.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Metaphysics.

Ontology.

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Whereas the history of philosophy defines metaphysics as asking the question 'What is Being?'; here is asked 'Where is Being?' What is to be analyzed is indeed part of the tradition of metaphysics to inquire about Being qua being, but here the inquiry is into its structure, its position within the ontological whole. The concept of the 'architectonic' is borrowed from Kant ... In this work, three philosophical structures are chosen for a more extensive examination: the three 'architectonics' are that of Plato's Chora, Aristoteles' continuum, and finally Leibniz's labyrinth"--Back cover.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction: The Architectonic; Ch.1: The Architectonic as Arché; Ch.2: The Architectonic as Continuum; Ch.3: The Architectonic as Labyrinth; Ch.4: The Architectonic as Reticulum; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

The author's doctoral dissertation (proefschrift) presented to Universiteit van Amsterdam in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-321) and index.

ISBN:

1-04-079978-7

1-003-70521-9

1-04-077388-5

1-281-19122-1

9786611191221

90-485-0193-8

1-4356-4581-2

9781003705215

OCLC:

437106817