Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

Informationen zum Autor Vasilis Politis is lecturer of philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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, its ideas and text. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: V. Politis, Vasilis Politis, Vasilis (Trinity College Dublin Politis
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2004
• EAN: 9780415251488
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25148-8
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works