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Unity and Continuity in Aristotle (2016)

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Although there are recent studies on the problem of unity and on the continuous taken separately, none of them focuses on the relationship between continuity and unity in Aristotle. Based on the analysis of relevant passages from the Metaphysics and the De anima, I show how the Aristotelian notion of continuity (holding together), which is essential to his account of change, also plays a major role in distinguishing different degrees of unity among composite substances (including artifacts). Continuity also helps to describe and articulate the unity exercised by the efficient causality of the form and the soul.

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Authors & Contributors
O'Connor, Scott
Wilson, Malcolm
Vaccarezza, Maria Silvia
Studtmann, Paul
Segvic, Heda
Morel, Pierre-Marie
Concepts
Philosophy
Continuity
Ethics
Psychology
Philosophy of mind
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
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