Aristotle on matter, form, and moving causes : the hylomorphic theory of substantial generation /

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Author / Creator:Henry, Devin, 1973- author.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Description:1 online resource ( xiii, 236 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12313703
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ISBN:9781108646680
1108646689
1108675026
9781108675024
9781108475570
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2020).
Other form:Print version: Henry, Devin, 1973- Aristotle on matter, form, and moving causes. First. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019 9781108475570
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Summary:This book examines an important area of Aristotle's philosophy: the generation of substances. While other changes presuppose the existence of a substance (Socrates grows taller), substantial generation results in something genuinely new that did not exist before (Socrates himself). The central argument of this book is that Aristotle defends a 'hylomorphic' model of substantial generation. In its most complete formulation, this model says that substantial generation involves three principles: (1) matter, which is the subject from which the change proceeds; (2) form, which is the end towards which the process advances; and (3) an efficient cause, which directs the process towards that form. By examining the development of this model across Aristotle's works, Devin Henry seeks to deepen our grasp on how the doctrine of hylomorphism - understood as a blueprint for thinking about the world - informs our understanding of the process by which new substances come into being.
Physical Description:1 online resource ( xiii, 236 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781108646680
1108646689
1108675026
9781108675024
9781108475570