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Substance and Life in Aristotle

Christopher Shields

Apeiron 41 (3):129-152 (2008)

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From Dunamis as Active/Passive Capacity to Dunamis as Nature in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Theta.Francisco J. Gonzalez - 2023 - Apeiron 56 (4):785-825.details Aristotle notoriously begins his examination of being in the sense ofdunamisandenergeiainMetaphysicsTheta with what he describes as the sense that is ‘most dominant’ but not useful for his present aim. He proceeds to define the not-useful sense ofdunamisas “the principle of change in something else or in itself qua other”, along with other senses derived from this primary sense. But what then is the useful sense? All that Aristotle tells us at the outset is that it is a sense that extends (...) Download Export citation Bookmark
The Shape of the Statue.Marilù Papandreou - 2020 - History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis 23 (2):398-422.details This paper discusses the metaphysical status of artefacts and their forms in the ancient commentators on Aristotle’s Metaphysics. Specifically, it examines the Peripatetic tradition and Alexander of Aphrodisias to then turn to the commentaries of the late Neoplatonist Asclepius of Tralles, and the Byzantine commentator Michael of Ephesus. It argues that Alexander is the pioneer of the interpretation of artefactual forms as qualities and artefacts as accidental beings. The fortune of this solution goes through Asclepius and Michael to influence Thomas (...) Aquinas. (shrink) Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation

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