Abstract
The article proposes a reading of Met. Z taking notice of four important features: 1. Aristotle's intention to solve problems already posed in the preceding books of the Metaphysics, and in continuity with them; 2. The dialectical method of analysis, which prevents to hold provisory or partial results as unrestricted; 3. The consideration of the complex metaphysical structure of ousia relying on two different perspectives, which we could define in modern terms as connotation and denotation; 4. The intrinsic nexus which Aristotle discovers between the causes of genesis and those of knowledge.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] The ways of giving oneself. A synoptic look at 'Metaphysics' Z |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 241-260 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | PHILOSOPHIA |
| Volume | 44 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Met. V 8
- Met. VII
- Ousia as principle of knowledge
- meanings of ousia
- ousia as cause of being