Metaphysics
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XHVHLDH |
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| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Aristotle asks, what is existence? How can things continue to exist yet change, and how can we best understand the world we live in? The work as it has come down to us is a compilation of Aristotle's writing on the subject made in Alexandria in the first century CE, and it proved enormously influential from the Greeks onward, through the medieval and Renaissance periods. Ross, is presented in a measured and comprehensible manner by James Cameron Stewart.. It begins with the causes of things and questions the existence of God, the understanding of 'being' and the concept of 'substance'. Aristotle's Metaphysics was the first major study of the subject of metaphysics - in other words, an inquiry into 'first philosophy', or 'wisdom'. In Metaphysics, the study falls o
Not the slightest care taken John S. Ransom Well, here's how the KINDLE version, not necessarily the paper or other versions, reads at one point: "It was, of course, flagrantly at odds with any kind of Platonism, and so far as we can tell most philosophers tended to orientate themselves very clearly towards oneor otherofthese" . A Classic and Brutal read. Capt. Jack A classic book, that is absolutely brutal to read. As a philosophy major I read it for school. I read a lot of dense books and I cannot imagine anyone enjoying reading this book. It does have some classic ideas, like 'turtles all the way down,' prime mover stuff. It seems like a good . "A great work which is well worth reading" according to Mike. A great work which is well worth reading. In college I thought Aristotle spent too much time in correcting or discrediting other teachers; I now appreciate his detailed process of building his point of view in every angle of review.