On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle
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"On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle" is Franz Brentano’s influential 1862 doctoral dissertation, a foundational work in Aristotelian scholarship and early analytic philosophy that examines the different meanings of "being" in Aristotle’s thought.
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Target entity: On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle Context triple: [Franz Brentano, doctoralThesis, On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle]
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Commentary on Aristotle's Categories
Commentary on Aristotle's Categories is a late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia offers a detailed Neoplatonist exegesis and defense of Aristotle’s treatise on categories.
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Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.
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Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics is an influential late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia analyzes and explains Aristotle’s treatise on nature, motion, and the principles of the physical world.
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D.
Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo
"Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo" is a late antique philosophical work by Simplicius of Cilicia that provides an extensive Neoplatonist exegesis of Aristotle’s treatise on the heavens and preserves valuable fragments of earlier Greek philosophy.
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle Target entity description: "On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle" is Franz Brentano’s influential 1862 doctoral dissertation, a foundational work in Aristotelian scholarship and early analytic philosophy that examines the different meanings of "being" in Aristotle’s thought.
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A.
Commentary on Aristotle's Categories
Commentary on Aristotle's Categories is a late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia offers a detailed Neoplatonist exegesis and defense of Aristotle’s treatise on categories.
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B.
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.
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C.
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics is an influential late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia analyzes and explains Aristotle’s treatise on nature, motion, and the principles of the physical world.
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D.
Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo
"Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo" is a late antique philosophical work by Simplicius of Cilicia that provides an extensive Neoplatonist exegesis of Aristotle’s treatise on the heavens and preserves valuable fragments of earlier Greek philosophy.
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E.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
doctoral dissertation
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicContext | University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
In how many ways is being said in Aristotle?
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What is the unity of the concept of being in Aristotle? ⓘ |
| author | Franz Brentano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAcademicDegree | doctoral dissertation in philosophy ⓘ |
| authorBirthName | Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| examinesConcept |
being
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categories of being ⓘ |
| examinesWorkOf | Metaphysics (Aristotle) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | different senses of being in Aristotle ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly monograph ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPhilosophicalOrientation | Brentanian philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Catholic and neo-Scholastic readings of Aristotle
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interpretations of Aristotle’s ontology in the 19th century ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
equivocity and analogy of being
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relation between being and categories ⓘ unity and multiplicity of being ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Aristotelian scholarship
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analytic ontology ⓘ early analytic philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Aristotle
NERFINISHED
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concept of being ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to interpretation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics
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historical influence on ontology ⓘ systematic analysis of the meanings of being ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| philosophicalCategory |
Aristotle exegesis
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history of metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Aristotelianism
NERFINISHED
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Scholasticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| typeOfWork |
historical study of philosophy
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systematic interpretation of Aristotle ⓘ |
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