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Ontological Separation in Aristotle’s Metaphysics
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In this paper, the authors argue that there is strong textual evidence that Aristotelian ontological separation is a non-symmetric relation, which involves the dependence of other entities on the independent entity, and that this notion allows Aristotle to prevent the proliferation of substance-kinds and thus to secure the unity of his metaphysical system.Abstract:
Ontological separation plays a key role in Aristotle’s metaphysical project: substances alone are ontologically χωριστόν. The standard view identifies Aristotelian ontological separation with ontological independence, so that ontological separation is a non-symmetric relation. I argue that there is strong textual evidence that Aristotle employs an asymmetric notion of separation in the Metaphysics —one that involves the dependence of other entities on the independent entity. I argue that this notion allows Aristotle to prevent the proliferation of substance-kinds and thus to secure the unity of his metaphysical system.read more
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Substance and Essence in Aristotle: An Interpretation of Metaphysics VII-IX
Mary Louise Gill,Charlotte Witt +1 more
TL;DR: Substance and Essence in the Metaphysics as discussed by the authors is a close study of Aristotle's most profound and perplexing-treatise: Books VII-IX of the metaphysics.
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Aristotle’s account of Speusippus’ and Xenocrates’ Metaphysical and Epistemological Theories
TL;DR: In this article, a reconstruction of the metaphysical and epistemological theories of the first two successors of Plato, Speusippus and Xenocrates, is presented, based on an in-depth analysis of Aristotelian testimonia.
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Mathematical Substances in Aristotle’s Metaphysics B.5: Aporia 12 Revisited
TL;DR: The authors argue that the B.5 inherence is compatible with the M.2 separateness, and further, that aporia 12 is more than just a puzzle about the hypostatization of mathematicals.
Brentanian continua and their boundaries
TL;DR: Britto et al. as mentioned in this paper discuss how the notion of continuity and the connected notion of continua and boundaries developed through the ages until Brentano's revival of the original Aristotelian account against the by then established mathematical ortodoxy.
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Every Man a Legislator: Aristotle on Political Wisdom
TL;DR: In the Nicomachean Ethics as mentioned in this paper, the human good in a city supervenes on the good as achieved by its inhabitants, and the comprehension (sunesis) exercised by citizens on the basis of the view of life preserved by their character virtues.
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The Complete Works of Aristotle the Revised Oxford Translation
TL;DR: The Oxford Translation of Aristotle was originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954 as mentioned in this paper, and it is universally recognized as the standard English version of the A. The aim of the translation remains the same: to make the surviving works of Aristotle readily accessible to English speaking readers.
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Aristotle on Substance: The Paradox of Unity
TL;DR: Gill as mentioned in this paper explores a fundamental tension in Aristotelian metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organism, generated through the imposition of form on preexisting matter, have the conceptual unity that Aristotle demands of primary substances?