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Aristotle’s Plural Power Problem

By: Joel Cox  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/met.216 | Journal eISSN: 2515-8279
Language: English
Submitted on: May 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Jun 30, 2025
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Published on: Nov 19, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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