Aristotle's Metaphysics Beta: Symposium Aristotelicum

by Michel Crubellier (Editor), Andrï Laks (Editor)

Overview

Nine leading scholars of ancient philosophy from Europe, the UK, and North America offer a systematic study of Book Beta of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The work takes the form of a series of aporiai or "difficulties" which Aristotle presents as necessary points of engagement for those who wish to attain wisdom. The topics include causation, substance, constitution, properties, predicates, and generally the ontology of both the perishable and the imperishable world. Each contributor discusses one or two of these aporiai in sequence: the result is a discursive commentary on this seminal text of Western philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199546770
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/26/2009
Series:	Symposia Aristotelica
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Michel Crubellier is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lille 3.

André Laks is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris-Sorbonne.

Table of Contents

Introduction, André Laks, (University of Paris-Sorbonne) and Michel Crubellier, (University of Lille 3)

1. Aporia Zero (Metaphysics, Beta 1, 995a24-995b4), André Laks, (University of Paris-Sorbonne)
2. Aporia 1-2, Michel Crubellier, (University of Lille 3)
3. Aporia 3-5, Frans De Haas, (University of Nijmegen)
4. Aporia 6 and 7, Enrico Berti, (University of Padua)
5. Aporia 8, Sarah Broadie, (Saint Andrews University)
6. Aporia 9-10, Christian Wildberg, (Princeton University)
7. Aporia 11, Walter Cavini, (University of Bologna)
8. Aporia 12, Ian Mueller, (University of Chicago)
9. Aporia 13-14, Stephen Menn, (McGill University)

Bibliography
Index locorum
Index nominum
General index