Aristotle's Metaphysics th 1-3

"Highly recommended." -- ChoiceMartin Heidegger's reading of Aristotle was one of the pivotal influences in the development of his philosophy. This 1931 lecture course shows the close correlation between Heidegger's phenomenological interpretation of the Greeks (especially of Aristotle) and his critique of metaphysics.

Walter Brogan, Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, has published articles on contemporary continental interpretations of Greek philosophy. Peter Warnek is completing graduate studies in continental philosophy at Vanderbilt University.

Translators' Foreword

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Introduction The Aristotelian Question about the Manifold and Oneness of Being

The question concerning δυναμις and &epsis;ν&epsis;ργ&epsis;ια along with the question of the categories, belongs in the realm of the question about beings

1

(7)

The manifold of the being of beings

8

(6)

The equation or the differentiation of beings and being. Being as one in Parmenides

14

(7)

The manifoldness and unity of being

21

(6)

Oneness of being-not as genus but as analogy

27

(7)

The questionableness of the analogy of being

34

(6)

Metaphysics θ 1. The Unity of the Essence of Δυναμις κατα Kινησιν, Force Understood as Movement

40

(59)

Considerations for the movement of the entire treatise on δυναμις and &epsis;ν&epsis;ργ&epsis;ια

40

(6)

A subgroup of two metaphorical meanings: δυναμις with regard to the geometrical; δυνατoν and αδυνατoν with regard to assertion

46

(10)

The guiding meaning of δυναμις κατα κινησιν

56

(17)

Approaches to the phenomenon of force and a rejection of the so-called transference

The apparent self-evidence of causality and the Aristotelian essential delimitation of force

The ways of force

73

(14)

Bearance and (prior) resistance. Effect as the being of the things of nature (Leibniz)

The how which belongs to force

The unity of the force of doing and bearing: the ontological and the ontic concepts of force and their inner adhesion

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(4)

Force and unforce-the carrying along with of withdrawal. The full guiding meaning

91

(8)

Metaphysics Θ 2. The Division of Δυναμις κατα Kινησιν for the Purpose of Elucidating Its Essence

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(38)

Concerning λoγoς (conversance) and soul. The divisions: ``conversant/without conversance'' and ``besouled/soulless''

99

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The extraordinary relationship of force and conversance in δυναμις μ&epsis;τα λoγoυ, in capability

111

(15)

Capability necessarily has a realm and contraries that are in that realm

The capability of producing: λoγoς as innermost frame-work

Δυναμις κατα κινησιν as capability of the striving soul

126

(5)

The inner divisiveness and finitude of δυναμις μ&epsis;τα λoγoυ

131

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Metaphysics Θ 3. The Actuality of Δυναμις κατα Kινησιν or Capability

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(58)

The position and theme of this chapter and its connection to the thesis of the megarians

137

(11)

The beginning of Aristotle's confrontation with the Megarians

148

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Is the actuality of capability to be found in having or in its enactment?

The conflict is grounded in the Greek understanding of actuality

Being in practice as the actuality of capability. The phenomena of practicing and cessation

156

(9)

The actuality of the perceptible and the actuality of the capability of perception

165

(12)

The problem of the perceptible and the principle of Protagoras

The practicing and not-practicing of perception

The conclusion of the confrontation: the Megarians miss the movement of transition which belongs to a capability

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'Eν&epsis;ργ&epsis;ια κατα κιμισιν. The actuality of being capable is co-determined by its essence - to this essence, moreover, belongs its actuality

183

(12)

Editor's Epilogue

195

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Glossary of German words

197

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Glossary of Greek words

201

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