{"product_id":"primary-ousia-michael-loux-9780801474880","title":"Primary \"ousia\": An Essay on Aristotle's Metaphysics Z and H","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael J. Loux here presents a fresh reading of two of the most important books of the \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics, Books Z\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eH\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Aristotle presents his mature theory of primary substances (ousiai). Focusing on the interplay of Aristotle's early and late views, Loux maintans that the later concept of ousia should be understood in terms of a theory of predication that carries interesting implications for contemporary metaphysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoux argues that in his first attempt in identifying ousiai in the Categories, Aristotle encountered a set of ontological problems which he wrestled with again in \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics Z and H\u003c\/i\u003e. In the Categories, where the primary realities are basic subjects of predication construed in essentialist terms as things falling under natural kinds, familiar particulars are the primary ousiai. In subsequent works, Aristotle holds that since familiar particulars come into being and pass away, they must be composites of matter and form; and in \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics Z and H\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores the implications of this insight for the search for ousia. Maintaining that the substantial forms of familiar particulars are the primary ousiai, the later Aristotle interprets forms as predicable universals rather than as particulars, each uniquely possessed by a single object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Loux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801474884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801474880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Michael Loux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947174527231,"sku":"9780801474880","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8cea3f0d-43bc-4fb1-9cb3-449252a96dfd.jpg?v=1681517162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/primary-ousia-michael-loux-9780801474880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}