Simplicius: On Aristotle Categories 7-8

by Barrie Fleet

Book Overview

In Categories chapters 7 and 8 Aristotle considers his third and fourth categories - those of Relative and Quality. Critics of Aristotle had suggested for each of the non-substance categories that they could really be reduced to relatives, so it is important how the category of Relative is defined. Aristotle offers two definitions, and the second, stricter, one is often cited by his defenders in order to rule out objections. The second definition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472557344
• ISBN13: 9781472557346
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"