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Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18
Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 39 (2006), 4; 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341
Gregorić, Pavel

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Gregorić, P. (2006). Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18. Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 39. (4), 341-357. doi: 10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Gregorić, Pavel. "Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18." Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, vol. 39, no. 4, 2006, pp. 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Gregorić, Pavel. "Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18." Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science 39, no. 4 (2006): 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Gregorić, P. (2006) 'Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18', Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, 39(4), pp. 341-357. doi: 10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

Gregorić P. Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18. Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2024 November 25];39(4):341-357. doi: 10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341

P. Gregorić, "Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18", Apeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 341-357, 2006. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:261:979841. [Accessed: 25 November 2024]

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Title (english)Quantities and Contraries: Aristotle’s Categories 6, 5b11-6a18
AuthorPavel Gregorić
Author's institutionInstitute of Philosophy
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philosophy
Abstract (english)
In this paper I discuss Aristotle's three counterexamples to his thesis that quantities have not contraries in Categories 6. The focus is on the third counterexample, set out in 6a11-18, where it is suggested that place has contraries. The view of some people that there are two contrary regions of the universe, one called "up" and the other called "down", is adduced and briefly discussed. I attempt to determine who these people are, what exactly their view is, and what is Aristotle's attitude towards that view in the Categories. I argue that Aristotle is adducing the same popular view that Plato criticised in the Timaeus (62c8-d6), and that he invites the reader to reject the third counterexample to this thesis that quantities have no contraries in the same way, and at the same high cost, as he refuted the first two counterexamples.
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Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
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Journal titleApeiron. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
Numberingvol. 39, no. 4, pp. 341-357
p-ISSN0003-6390
e-ISSN2156-7093
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1515/APEIRON.2006.39.4.341
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:261:979841
Publication2006
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