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Metaphysics : book [theta] / Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Stephen Makin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aristotle.
- Series:
- Clarendon Aristotle series.
- Clarendon Aristotle series
- Standardized Title:
- Metaphysics. Book 9. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- Stephen Makin presents a clear and accurate new translation of an influential and much-discussed part of Aristotle's philosophical system, accompanied by an analytical and critical commentary focusing on philosophical issues. In Book Theta of the Metaphysics Aristotle introduces the concepts of actuality and potentiality---which were to remain central to philosophical analysis into the modern era---and explores the distinction between the actual and the potential.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: Oxford: Clarendon, 2006.
- Translated from the Ancient Greek.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 8, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-279) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 019189138X
- 1281341223
- 0191547654
- OCLC:
- 609831867
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