Metaphysics

Books B and K 1-2
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-875106-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 328 g

Reihe: Clarendon Aristotle Series

Arthur Madigan presents a clear, accurate new translation of the third book (Beta) of Aristotle's Metaphysics, together with two related chapters from the eleventh book (Kappa). Madigan's accompanying introduction and commentary give detailed guidance to these texts, in which Aristotle sets out what he takes to be the main problems of metaphysics or 'first philosophy' and assesses possible solutions to them; he takes his starting-point from the work of
earlier philosophers, especially Plato and some of the Presocratics. These texts serve as a useful introduction both to Aristotle's own work on metaphysics and to classical metaphysics in general; they are also a good example of Aristotle's dialectical method, which reasons not from known truths but from reputable
opinions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aristotle

Madigan, Arthur

Weitere Mitwirkende

Madigan, Arthur

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur Madigan, S.J., is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College.