Pure Form in Aristotle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11585791 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene E Ryan (1East Carolina University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 209-224 |
| Publication date | 1973-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phronesis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8868 • E-ISSN: 1568-5284 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852873x00159 |
| OpenAlex | W2010024246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Cherniss for one has imputed this paradoxical doctrine of pure form to Aristotle.3 In commenting on Metaphysics Z 11 Cherniss asserts that Aristotle, in trying both to attack the theory of ideas and to perfect and argue in favor of his own theory of definition, differentiated the materiate universal from the essential form of true (i.e. natural) substances. He continues: Yet, apart from the epistemological difficulty introduced by this differentiation, if the so-called pure form be identified with the soul and the soul is the essence of a certain kind of body... this form itself cannot be defined without reference to the
Ancient philosophy · Doctrine · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Natural (archaeology · Soul · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2012 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |