The Problem of Life: An Essay in the Origins of Biological ThoughtMacmillan, 1976 - 343 Seiten |
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... substance ' The central concern of many of these early thinkers was to establish the nature of what might be translated as the ' primary substance ' . In Aristotle's words they were concerned to discover ' that from which they ...
... substance ' The central concern of many of these early thinkers was to establish the nature of what might be translated as the ' primary substance ' . In Aristotle's words they were concerned to discover ' that from which they ...
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... substance ' . ' Substance ' , we read once again , ' in the truest and primary and most definite sense of the word is that which is neither predicable of a subject nor present in a subject ' ( 17 ) . But in this work we are enlightened ...
... substance ' . ' Substance ' , we read once again , ' in the truest and primary and most definite sense of the word is that which is neither predicable of a subject nor present in a subject ' ( 17 ) . But in this work we are enlightened ...
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... substance . He reminds us that substance is the essential ' this - ness ' of a body or , to use Marjorie Grene's transliteration , the ' being - what - it - is ' of a body . In this sense , as we have already seen , substance is closely ...
... substance . He reminds us that substance is the essential ' this - ness ' of a body or , to use Marjorie Grene's transliteration , the ' being - what - it - is ' of a body . In this sense , as we have already seen , substance is closely ...
Inhalt
Preface | 8 |
The act of imagination | 8 |
The palaeontology of some key words | 17 |
Urheberrecht | |
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