Order in Multiplicity

• First book by a respected philosopher
• Ground-breaking study of a central aspect of Aristotle's thought
• Examines Aristotle on language, metaphysics, ethics, and biology
• Illuminates modern as well as ancient philosophical method
• No knowledge of Greek required in the reader

Readership: Scholars and graduate students of ancient philosophy and science, and of contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science.

Christopher Shields, University of Colorado, Boulder

Part I: Homonymy as Such
1: The Varieties of Homonymy
2: The Promises and Problems of Homonymy
3: Signification
4: Core-Dependent Homonymy
Part II: Homonymy at Work
5: The Body
6: Oneness, Sameness, and Referential Opacity
7: The Meaning of Life
8: Goodness
9: Being:
Afterword: Homonymy's Promise Reconsidered
Index Locorum
General Index
Bibliography