Aristotle's Metaphysics th 1-3

by Heidegger, Martin; Brogan, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780253329103
• ISBN10: 0253329108
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-11-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Translators' Foreword	ix
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	87	(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	99	(38)
Concerning λoγoς (conversance) and soul. The divisions: ``conversant/without conversance'' and ``besouled/soulless''	99	(12)
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	(6)
Metaphysics Θ 3. The Actuality of Δυναμις κατα Kινησιν or Capability	137	(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	(8)
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	177	(6)
'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	(2)
Glossary of German words	197	(4)
Glossary of Greek words	201