{"product_id":"being-essence-and-substance-in-plato-and-aristotle-paperback-softback-9780745660554","title":"Being, Essence and Substance in Plato and Aristotle (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745660554","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeing, Essence and Substance in Plato and Aristotle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Ricoeur (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745660554, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaul Ricoeur (1913-2005) was one of the outstanding French philosophers of the 20th century and his work is widely read in the English-speaking world. This unique volume comprises the lectures that Ricoeur gave on Plato and Aristotle at the University of Strasbourg in 1953-54. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The aim of these lectures is to analyse the metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle and to discern in their work the ontological foundations of Western philosophy. The relation between Plato and Aristotle is commonly portrayed as a contrast between a philosophy of essence and a philosophy of substance, but Ricoeur shows that this opposition is too simple. Aristotelian ontology is not a simple antithesis to Platonism: the radical ontology of Aristotle stands in a far more subtle relation of continuity and opposition to that of Plato and it is this relation we have to reconstruct and understand.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ricoeur’s lectures offer a brilliant analysis of the great works of Plato and Aristotle which has withstood the test of time. They also provide a unique insight into the development of Ricoeur’s thinking in the early 1950s, revealing that, even at this early stage of his work, Ricoeur was focused sharply on issues of language and the text.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor’s Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Goal and Plan of the Course\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: “True Being” or the Idea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Plato, Part I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 The Meaning of the Platonic “Eidos”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Essence and Language\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Science and Essence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. “Opinion” as the Negative of Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 Science and Essence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Right Opinion as “Intermediary”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 Science and Essence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Mathematical “Intermediary”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 Science and Essence (Conclusion)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. The “Terminus” of Science: Contemplation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: The Idea of Being and Non-Being\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Plato, Part II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 The Question of Being in the Parmenides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 The Success and Failures of Platonism in the Sophist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 The Genesis of the Sensible in the Timaeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III Being and the “Divine”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Plato, Part III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 The Problem of the “Divine” and pre-Socratic Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 The “Divine” in Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. Aristotle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Aristotle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Being as Being\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 The “Genetic” Interpretation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Philosophy: Its Intention and Its Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Philosophy and Its “Aporias”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 The Object of “First Philosophy”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Being and Substance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Aristotle, Part II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Sensible Substance: Substance as Substrate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Sensible Substance (continued): Substance as Form\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Substance and the Individual\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 “Separated” Substance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509157392664,"sku":"9780745660554","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745660554.jpg?v=1786494775","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/being-essence-and-substance-in-plato-and-aristotle-paperback-softback-9780745660554","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}