Review of Nie Minli's Being and Substance: On Aristotle's Metaphysics Z1-9.
In his new book Being and Substance: A Study of Aristotle's Metaphysics Z1-9, Nie Minli, taking a holistic perspective, argues that the primary substance--that is, the individual in Categories--is identical to form, which is the primary substance in Metaphysics Z, and that Z3 has finished arguing wh...
| Publicado en: | Frontiers of Philosophy in China Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 662 - 682 |
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Higher Education Press Limited Company
Dec2012
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