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  • 5 - Unity of definition in Metaphysics Η.6 and Ζ.12

  • Edited by James G. Lennox, University of Pittsburgh, Robert Bolton, Rutgers University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle
    Published online:
    06 December 2010
    Print publication:
    18 November 2010, pp 97-121

  • Summary

    Aristotle is looking for basic entities, whose being is fully determined by their essence and not by other entities which claim priority. Aristotle discusses three sorts of examples: substantial forms, material composites, and categorial properties. Aristotle investigates the unity of definition in Metaphysics Z.I2, and that is the place to look for help with the unity of form in H.6. He explicitly distinguishes genus-differentia combinations from accidental compounds. Metaphysics Z.I2 presents itself as Aristotle's first attempt to explain the unity of definition, and he explicitly denies that a genus is related to its differentia in the way that a particular white man is related to whiteness. Aristotle turns to categorial properties: substantial kinds, qualities, quantities, and other properties. Aristotle's proposal about the manifestation of categorial properties again extends his solution for the unity of form.