Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

ISBN-13: 9780415251488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 360 str.

Vasilis Politis

Opis

Aristotle is perhaps the most important figure in philosophy and his Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy. Every student of philosophy will come across the Metapshyics at some point in their course. This introductory book helps to explain the often difficult ideas that arise in the text. It looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the ideas and text of the Metaphysics and Aristotle's philosophical legacy.

Spis treści

1. Aristotle's Metaphysics  2. Metaphysics as the Science of the Ultimate Explanations of all Things  3. Metaphysics as the Science of Being, Qua Being, Primary being and Non-Primary Being  4. The Principle of Non-Contradiction  5. The Search for Primary Being  6. The First Cause of Change, God  7. The Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms

O autorze

Vasilis Politis is lecturer of philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.