Metaphysics / Theophrastus ; with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Marlein van Raalte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Theophrastus.

Theophrastus

Contributor:

Raalte, Marlein van, 1952-

Series:

Mnemosyne, Supplements 125.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 125

Standardized Title:

Metaphysica. English & Greek

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Metaphysics.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 676 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1993.

Language Note:

In English and Greek.

Summary:

This book has been written from the conviction that general statements about the philosophical position taken by Theophrastus in this small but extremely difficult treatise, can only be made on the basis of a detailed interpretation of each and every sentence of the text. This resulted in a full commentary, which evades no philological or philosophical question that should be asked in order to elicit from the text a maximum of information. The outcome is a cautious but nonetheless explicit and determinate characterization and evaluation of Theophrastean metaphysics as a biologist's metaphysics, which deserves the attention of philosophers in its own right. The author has paid special attention to questions of Peripatetic idiom and terminology, thus increasing the value of this book to students of Peripatetic thought in general. The information brought together has been made easily accessible by full indexes.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Marlein van Raalte

Introduction / Marlein van Raalte

Text and Translation / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter One / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Two / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Three / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Four / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Five / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Six / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Seven / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Eight / Marlein van Raalte

Chapter Nine / Marlein van Raalte

References and Author Index / Marlein van Raalte

Index of Passages Cited / Marlein van Raalte

Index to Theophrastus Metaphysics / Marlein van Raalte

General Index / Marlein van Raalte.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 588-597) and indexes.

ISBN:

90-04-32921-8

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004329218 DOI