Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Aristotle on the Cause of Being and of Coming to Be
Aristotle on the Cause of Being and of Coming to Be

Sebastian Weiner

دوره 11، شماره 21 ، دی 1396، ، صفحه 217-232

چکیده
  This paper considers Aristotle’s distinction between the cause of being and the cause of coming to be. It is intended to show that Aristotle is able to unify both kinds of causes on the basis of the idea that a thing’s substance is its end. He is not confused about the cause of being and of coming to be, as it might seem in several passages. The paper’s ...  بیشتر