Introduction to Aristotle's Theory of Being

Philosophy finds itself "between tradition and another beginning." 1 For this reason it seems necessary to reconsider the foundations of traditional philosophy in the hope that out of these considerations new questions may arise which may lead to a new philosophical foundation. To this end neither the large manual nor the monograph is well suited. What is required, instead, is to take a few steps which lead our thoughts directly into the problems of a given, traditional, philosophical foun dation. In this sense the present work wishes to provide an "introduction" into that philosophical foundation which, until Hegel, had a decisive influence upon traditional philosophy_ Consequently, it does not see its task in providing a survey of this whole complex of problems. Nor does it offer solutions to questions about difficult passages which have been the subject of two thousand years of Aristotelian scholarship_ Instead, it follows a definite path which might bring this Aristotelian science, the theory which seeks to determine being as being, on hei on, closer to the student of philosophy.

List of contents

One: Knowledge, Science and Philosophical Theory.- Two: The Ousiology.- Three: Ontology (Ousiology) and Theology.

Product details

• Authors: W Marx, W. Marx, Werner Marx
• Assisted by: Robert S. Schine (Editor), Robert S. Schine (Translation)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9789024719419
• ISBN: 978-90-247-1941-9
• No. of pages: 62
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 142 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 62 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day