The Approach to the Aristotelian Treatment of Being Chapter 1. The Problem of Being in the Metaphysics 1 Chapter 2. The Nature and Composition of the Metaphysics a. The Nature of the Metaphysical Treatises 69 b. The Methodical Sequence of the Treatises 83 c. The Chronological Order of the Treatises 92 Chapter 3. The Aristotelian Equivocals 107 Chapter 4. The English Translation of Aristotelian Ter [...] The Science of Separate Entity (A-E 1) Chapter 5. The Science of the Four Causes (Book A) 157 Chapter 6. The Aporematic Treatment of the Causes (Book B) 211 Chapter 7. The Science of Being qua Being (Books F-E 1) a. The Science of Entity (P) 259 b. The Science of the Divine (E 1) 287 PART THREE. [...] One of the present tasks of history is to give back to Aristotle what is Aristotle's, and, by the same token, to achieve a clear awareness of what has been the contribution of the middle ages to the development of Western philosophy. [...] To rediscover the thought of Aristotle in its purity is assuredly the work of an historian, using all the resources of modern historical methods, from philology proper to the widest possible critical discussion of the works already devoted to the same subject; but the history of philosophy also requires an historian with the mind of a philosopher, because, in such a case, the very object of histor [...] B., for painstakingly reading the proof; to the staffs of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and the University of Toronto for help on various points; and to a number of libraries in Canada and the United States for the use of their facilities.
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Table of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
- PREFACE 8
- AUTHOR’S FOREWORD 12
- FOREWORD TO SECOND EDITION 14
- FOREWORD TO THIRD EDITION 29
- ABBREVIATIONS 32
- PART ONE. The Approach to the Aristotelian Treatment of Being 36
- Chapter 1. The Problem of Being in the Metaphysics 38
- Chapter 2. The Nature and Composition of the Metaphysics 106
- a. The Nature of the Metaphysical Treatises 106
- b. The Methodical Sequence of the Treatises 120
- c. The Chronological Order of the Treatises 129
- Chapter 3. The Aristotelian Equivocals 144
- Chapter 4. The English Translation of Aristotelian Terms 174
- PART TWO. The Science of Separate Entity (A-E 1) 192
- Chapter 5. The Science of the Four Causes (Book A) 194
- Chapter 6. The Aporematic Treatment of the Causes (Book B) 248
- Chapter 7. The Science of Being qua Being (Books Γ-E 1) 296
- a. The Science of Entity (Γ) 296
- b. The Science of the Divine (E 1) 324
- PART THREE. Sensible Entity as the Way to Separate Entity (E 2-1) 342
- Introduction. The Expressions of Being (E 2-4) 344
- A. Being as in the Categories (Books ZH) 350
- Chapter 8. The Expressions of Entity (Z 1-3) 352
- Chapter 9. Entity as Substrate (ZH) 366
- Chapter 10. Entity as Form (Z 4-12) 384
- Chapter 11. Form and Universal (Z 13-16) 404
- Chapter 12. The Form as Cause (Z 17) 412
- Chapter 13. The Form as Separate and a 'This' (Book H) 416
- B. Being as Act, Truth, and Unity (Books Θ1) 438
- Chapter 14. Being as Act (Θ 1-9) 440
- Chapter 15. Being as Truth (Θ10) 448
- Chapter 16. The Role of the Central Books in the Main Series (Book I) 452
- PART FOUR. Separate Entity (M N Λ) 456
- Chapter 17. The First Principles (Book M) 458
- a. Non-Aristotelian Conceptions (Book M 1-9) 458
- b. The Individuality and Universality of the Principles (M-9-10) 463
- Chapter 18. The Aristotelian Separate Entities (N Λ) 472
- a. The Polemical Conclusions (Book N) 472
- b. The Unmoved Movers (Book Λ) 475
- Chapter 19. Separate Entity and Being (Conclusion) 492
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 512
- INDEXES 542
- 1. INDEX OF GREEK TERMS 542
- 2. INDEX OF PERSONS 544
- A 544
- B 544
- C 545
- D 545
- E 546
- F 546
- G 546
- H 546
- I 547
- J 547
- K 547
- L 547
- M 547
- N 548
- O 548
- P 548
- Q 549
- R 549
- S 549
- T 550
- U 550
- V 550
- W 550
- X 551
- Z 551
- 3. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 552
- A 552
- B 552
- C 552
- D 552
- E 553
- F 553
- G 553
- H 553
- I 553
- K 553
- L 553
- M 553
- N 554
- O 554
- P 554
- Q 554
- R 554
- S 554
- T 554
- U 555
- V 555
- W 555
- 4. INDEX OF ARISTOTELIAN TEXTS 556