The Activity of Being

The Activity of Being
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780674075023
ISBN-13 : 0674075021
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Book Synopsis The Activity of Being by : Aryeh Kosman

Download or read book The Activity of Being written by Aryeh Kosman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding “what something is” has long occupied philosophers, and no Western thinker has had more influence on the nature of being than Aristotle. Focusing on a reinterpretation of the concept of energeia as “activity,” Aryeh Kosman reexamines Aristotle’s ontology and some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher’s thought.


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