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Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy, The Metaphysics is one of the classical Greek foundation-stones of western thought

"All men by nature are actuated with the desire of knowledge," declared Aristotle. The philosopher's works are foundational to the history of science, and his treatise on metaphysics, or "first philosophy," is divided into sections of previous philosophical thought and theories;... Read Full Overview

"Arist teles es el maestro de los que saben." _Dante AlighieriGran pol mata (del griego polimath s, "el que sabe muchas cosas"), Arist teles fue un fil sofo cl sico griego considerado como uno de los m s grandes genios que la humanidad ha visto nacer y cuya obra es el pilar fundamental... Read Full Overview

Joe Sachs has followed up his brilliant translation of Aristotle's Physics with a new translation of Metaphysics. Sachs's translations bring distinguished new light onto Aristotle's works, which are foundational to history of science. Sachs translates Aristotle with an authenticity... Read Full Overview

Aristotle's great work translated into English with an index giving Greek, Latin, and English forms of key terms

The Greek philosopher Aristotle is one of the founding figures in Western philosophy. His writings cover a multitude of subjects from physics, poetry, theater, music, politics, science and gods. His writings are the earliest known use of formal logic which was latter incorporated... Read Full Overview

Metaphysics is the study of existence at the highest level of generality. It is traditionally characterised as the study of "being qua being" - of being in general rather than specifically of this or that sort. Accordingly, the salient task of the field is to achieve a clearer... Read Full Overview

This volume presents a trilingual edition of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Each paragraph has an English, Latin and (original) Ancient Greek rendition. Students of Classics or anyone interested in ancient philosophy and languages should find in this trilingual edition an a helpful... Read Full Overview

Stephen Makin presents a clear and accurate new translation of an influential and much-discussed part of Aristotle's philosophical system, accompanied by an analytical and critical commentary focusing on philosophical issues. In Book Theta of the Metaphysics Aristotle introduces... Read Full Overview

Arthur Madigan presents a clear, accurate new translation of the third book (Beta) of Aristotle's Metaphysics, together with two related chapters from the eleventh book (Kappa). Madigan's accompanying commentary gives detailed guidance to these texts, in which Aristotle sets... Read Full Overview

This new translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics in its entirety is a model of accuracy and consistency, presented with a wealth of annotation and commentary.

Metaf?sica es una de las obras m?s controvertidas de Arist?teles. El nombre es post-aristot?lico, generado por Andr?nico de Rodas para denominar un conjunto de tratados dispersos y en cierta manera tambi?n dis?miles

"Arist teles es el maestro de los que saben." _Dante Alighieri
Gran pol mata (del griego polimath s, "el que sabe muchas cosas"), Arist teles fue un fil sofo cl sico griego considerado como uno de los m s grandes genios que la humanidad ha... Read Full Overview

note: this is NOT the Prometheus edition or the NuVision edition and is not full of typos . It was first published in Sept. 2012 so any earlier review is not of this edition, which is an accurate and well presented edition of the translation by W.D.Ross, generally recognised... Read Full 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... Read Full Overview