Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics
, by Politis,VasilisNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415251471 | 0415251478
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/9/2004
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.
Vasilis Politis is lecturer of philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | ix | ||||
1 Aristotle's Metaphysics | 1 | (22) | |||
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1 | (4) | |||
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5 | (5) | |||
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10 | (2) | |||
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12 | (4) | |||
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16 | (3) | |||
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19 | (2) | |||
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21 | (2) | |||
2 Metaphysics as the Science of the Ultimate Explanations of All Things (Book I) | 23 | (41) | |||
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23 | (8) | |||
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31 | (8) | |||
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39 | (11) | |||
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39 | (3) | |||
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42 | (6) | |||
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48 | (2) | |||
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50 | (14) | |||
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50 | (5) | |||
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55 | (6) | |||
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61 | (3) | |||
3 Aristotle's Method in Metaphysics (Book III) | 64 | (26) | |||
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64 | (11) | |||
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75 | (4) | |||
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79 | (4) | |||
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83 | (7) | |||
4 Metaphysics as the Science of Being Qua Being. Primary Being versus Non-Primary Being (Books IV. 1-2 and VI. 1) | 90 | (32) | |||
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90 | (4) | |||
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94 | (9) | |||
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103 | (7) | |||
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110 | (8) | |||
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118 | (4) | |||
5 The Defence of the Principle of Non-Contradiction (Book IV. 3-6, esp. 3-4) | 122 | (34) | |||
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122 | (4) | |||
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126 | (2) | |||
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128 | (4) | |||
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132 | (3) | |||
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135 | (3) | |||
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138 | (8) | |||
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146 | (4) | |||
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150 | (3) | |||
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153 | (3) | |||
6 The Response to Phenomenalism and Relativism (Book IV. 5-6) | 156 | (32) | |||
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156 | (5) | |||
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161 | (4) | |||
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165 | (3) | |||
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168 | (13) | |||
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168 | (3) | |||
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171 | (7) | |||
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178 | (3) | |||
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181 | (7) | |||
7 The Search for Primary Being (Book VII) | 188 | (69) | |||
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188 | (5) | |||
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193 | (4) | |||
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197 | (1) | |||
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198 | (5) | |||
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203 | (54) | |||
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203 | (4) | |||
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207 | (6) | |||
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213 | (4) | |||
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217 | (4) | |||
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221 | (9) | |||
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230 | (7) | |||
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237 | (4) | |||
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241 | (10) | |||
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251 | (3) | |||
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254 | (3) | |||
8 The Ultimate Cause of Change: God (Book XII) | 257 | (38) | |||
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257 | (5) | |||
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262 | (4) | |||
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266 | (3) | |||
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269 | (3) | |||
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272 | (3) | |||
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275 | (3) | |||
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278 | (3) | |||
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281 | (7) | |||
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288 | (2) | |||
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290 | (2) | |||
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292 | (3) | |||
9 The Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms | 295 | (36) | |||
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295 | (8) | |||
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303 | (4) | |||
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307 | (6) | |||
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313 | (5) | |||
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318 | (5) | |||
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323 | (6) | |||
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329 | (2) | |||
Conclusion | 331 | (2) | |||
FURTHER READING | 333 | (3) | |||
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 336 | (5) | |||
INDEX | 341 |
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