The middle included: logos in Aristotle
by Aygün, Ömer
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by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
The Middle Included is a systematic exploration of the meanings of logos throughout Aristotle's work. It claims that the basic meaning is "gathering, " a relation that holds its terms together without isolating them or collapsing one to the other. This meaning also applies to lo…
by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
Introduction: the question and the method -- Being (logos in the categories) -- Potentiality (logos in on interpretation) -- Natural motion (logos in the physics) -- Animal motion (logos in on the soul) -- Action (logos in the nicomachean ethics) -- Speech (logos in the politics…
by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
The Middle Included is a systematic exploration of the meanings of logos throughout Aristotle?s work. It claims that the basic meaning is "gathering," a relation that holds its terms together without isolating them or collapsing one to the other. This meaning also applies to log…
by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
"The Middle Included is a systematic exploration of the meanings of logos throughout Aristotle{u2019}s work. It claims that the basic meaning is 'gathering,' in the sense of a relation that holds its terms together without isolating them or collapsing one to the other. This basi…
by Aygün, Ömer
fromRereading ancient philosophy
The Middle Included is a systematic exploration of the meanings of logos throughout Aristotle's work. It claims that the basic meaning is "gathering," a relation that holds its terms together without isolating them or collapsing one to the other. This meaning also applies to log…
First Published in 1991. This book attempts to defend a conception of reason--or to use the Greek word "logos"--that I contend can be extracted from the dialogues of Plato. The very notion of defending Plato may seem strange. Why would a philosopher enshrined for centuries as "c…
This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.
Jorge Luis Borges ́philosophical fiction and Platoś intellectual dramas are perhaps the most intricate records in Western history of attempts to artfully interweave mythos and logos, argumentation and narrative, thought and imagination. Their juxtaposition, presented in the follo…
In "Politics, money, and persuasion", distinguished philosopher John Russon offers a new framework for interpreting Plato's The Republic. For Russon, Plato's work is about the distinctive nature of what it is to be a human being and, correspondingly, what is distinctive about th…