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Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle. (Book Reviews).(Review)
From: The Philosophical Review
Date: 20010401
Author:Matthews, Gareth B.
ORDER IN MULTIPLICITY: HOMONYMY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE. By CHRISTOPHER SHIELDS. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1999. Pp. xiv, 290.
One of the most striking innovations in Aristotle's philosophical writing is also one of its most characteristic features. That feature is Aristotle's idea that terms central to philosophy, including `cause' [aition], `good', and even the verb `to be', are, as he likes to put it, "said in many ways." To be sure, philosophers before Aristotle give some evidence of having recognized the phenomenon of being said in many ...
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