1st Edition
Aristotle on Natural Simultaneity of Relatives in the Categories
By António Pedro Mesquita
Copyright 2025
100 Pages
by
Routledge
100 Pages
by
Routledge
This book addresses the issue of natural simultaneity of relatives, discussed by Aristotle in Categories 7, 7b15– 8a12. Natural simultaneity is a form of symmetrical ontological dependence that holds between items that are not causally linked. In this section of the Categories , Aristotle introduces this topic in his analysis of relatives and maintains that although relatives seem to be for... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Relatives
3. Natural Simultaneity
4. Natural Simultaneity of Relatives
5. Aftermath and Second Thoughts
6. Conclusion
Biography
António Pedro Mesquita is Professor at the Department of Philosophy and member of the HPhil Research Group of the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon. He recently co-edited (with Ricardo Santos) the book New Essays on Aristotle’s Organon (Routledge, 2023).
