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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198751087
ISBN-139780198751083
eBay Product ID (ePID)53568585
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameAristotle: Metaphysics Theta : Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Metaphysics
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorStephen Makin
SeriesClarendon Aristotle Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-299714
ReviewsProfessor Makin has produced a great deal of substantive material that deserves consideration, and readers who work through his book will be grateful for his rewarding effort to elucidate this difficult text.
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal110
SynopsisStephen 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., 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.