Metaphysics: Books Z and H / Edition 1

by Aristotle, David Bostock

Overview

This volume contains a close translation, suitable for students without a knowledge of Greek, of the seventh and eighth books of Aristotle's Metaphysics, together with a thorough and careful philosophical commentary. In these difficult books, which are central to his metaphysical system, Aristotle discusses the nature of perceptible reality. In particular, he discusses which of matter and form might be the basic reality of things, and he frequently contrasts his own view of form with the Platonic view. Several other topics are treated which are of central importance to his metaphysics, such as the notions of essence and definition, the status of universals, and the concept of a unity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198239475
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/16/1994
Series:	Clarendon Aristotle Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle (384–322 BCE) is a giant of Greek philosophy. He made significant contributions to a remarkable range of areas, including logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance, and theater. The founder of formal logic and a pioneer in zoology, Aristotle influenced every subsequent scientist and philosopher through his development of the scientific method.

Table of Contents

The Metaphysics - Aristotle Translated with an Introduction by Hugh Lawson-Tancred

Preface
Introduction
THE METAPHYSICSBook Alpha
Book Alpha the Lesser
Book Beta
Book Gamma
Book Delta
Book Epsilon
Book Zeta
Book Eta
Book Theta
Book Iota
Book Kappa
Book Lambda
Book Mu
Book Nu
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"There is a great deal to applaud in this volume. The translation is splendidly faithful to the Greek. It reads smoothly without lapsing into paraphrase....Now Bostock has provided us with something much more straightforward, clearly written, packed with learning, and as detailed as we could wish. It is a splendid new resource for Aristotelian scholarship."—International Philosophical Quarterly

"David Bostock has produced a translation that admirably fulfills the Clarendon Aristotle Series' goal of making Aristotle's texts accessible to the Greekless philosophical reader...probably the best available in English."—The Philosophical Review

"...Bostock reads passages closely, dissects arguments skillfully, and makes astute and informed judgements. As one philosopher reading another, he demands a lot of the text and often finds the argument wanting-and with good reason. But whether one is a defender of a critic of Aristotle, one will find Bostock's commentary enlightening and stimulating."—Ancient Philosophy

From the Publisher

"The translator is to be commended for the scholarly and painstaking service which he has rendered to one of the great philosophic masterpieces of all times."
--Paul Helsel

Paul Helsel

"Mr. Hope translates every term in as many ways as are required by different contexts and by Aristotle's own intended meanings, thereby producing a version that is immeasurably more intelligible than one based on the assumption that every Greek word must be rendered by a single English equivalent."
--Ben Ray Redman

Ben Ray Redman