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The Doctrine of Being in the Aristotelian 'Metaphysics' : A Study in the Greek Background of Mediaeval Thought

1978

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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Authors

Joseph Owens

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-503) and indexes
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185
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Originally presented as the author's thesis, (Ph.D.) Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1951 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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0888444095 9781771102162
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B434
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O85 1978eb
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1 electronic text (xxxvi, 539 p.)
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(CaBNVSL)thg00604426 (OCoLC)752590456 (CaOOCEL)420594
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