caa a22 4500 386319804 CHVBK 20180307111621.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1988 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S006867350000506X doi S006867350000506X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S006867350000506X Makin Stephen University of Sheffield Aristotle on Unity and Being [Elektronische Daten] [Stephen Makin] In this paper I will discuss what Aristotle has to say on the relation between τὸ ἕν and τὸ ὄν. Stated briefly the relation is that τὸ ἕν and τὸ ὄν are (a) transcendental predicates: each applies in all the categories; (b) convertible predicates: each implies the other and adds nothing to the other. For Met. 1003b23-4 claims that being and unity are one and the same thing in that they are implied in each other, τὸ ὂν καὶ τὸ ἕν ταὐτὸν καὶ μία φύσις τῶι ἀκολουθεîν ἀλλήλοις. This is clearly meant to apply in every category, since the convertibility claim is functioning as a premiss in an argument whose conclusion is that there are exactly as many types of being as of unity. At Met. 1061a17-18 there is an equally explicit statement of convertibility, καὶ γὰρ εἰ μὴ ταὐτὸν ἄλλο δ' ἐστίν, ἀντιστρέφει γε· τό τε γὰρ ἓν καὶ ὄν πως, τό τε ὄν ἔν. I will try to say more precisely what these claims mean, and come to some view on their philosophical plausibility. There are a number of reasons for discussing these topics. First, it is a prolegomenon to a comprehensive discussion of all those predicates which came to be thought of as convertible and transcendental. Copyright © The Author(s). Published online by Cambridge University Press 1988 Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Cambridge University Press 34(1988), 77-103 0068-6735 34<77 1988 34 CCJ https://doi.org/10.1017/S006867350000506X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S006867350000506X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Makin Stephen University of Sheffield NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Cambridge University Press 34(1988), 77-103 0068-6735 34<77 1988 34 CCJ CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge