Aristotle and the Metaphysics / Vasilis Politis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Politis, Vasilis.

Series:

Routledge philosophy guidebooks.

Routledge philosophy guidebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Metaphysics.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

ix, 347 p.

Other Title:

Philosophy guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

Routledge philosophy guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook 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.

Contents:

chapter 1 Aristotle’s Metaphysics

chapter 2 Metaphysics As The Science Of The Ultimate Explanations Of All Things

chapter 3 Aristotle’s Method in Metaphysics (Book III)

chapter 4 Metaphysics As The Science Of Being Qua Being

chapter 5 The Defence Of The Principle Of Non-Contradiction

chapter 6 The Response To Phenomenalism And Relativism

chapter 7 The Search for Primary Being (Book VII)

chapter 8 The Ultimate Cause of Change: God (Book XII)

chapter 9 The Criticism Of Plato’s Theory Of Forms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-52979-1

0-415-25147-8

1-280-09531-8

0-203-64742-4

1-134-52980-5

OCLC:

909414961