Metaphysics

by Aristotle

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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 out what he takesto be the main problems of metaphysics or 'first philosophy' and assesses possible solutions to them.… (more)

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Todos los hombres tienen por naturaleza el deseo de saber . Con estas palabras se inicia el libro primero de la Metafísica de Aristóteles. Ese deseo de saber culmina en la adquisición de la sabiduría que consiste, para Aristóteles, en el conocimiento de las causas y los principios del ser.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Aristotle	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Apostle, Hippocrates G.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Azcárate, Patricio de	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Blánquez Augier, R.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Candel, Miguel	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
García Yebra, Valentín	Editor literario	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Jaeger, Werner	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Jatakari, Tuija	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Knuuttila, Simo	Contributor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ladan, Tomislav	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Näätsaari, Kati	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pohjanlehto, Petri	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Reale, Giovanni	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Torres Samsó, J. F.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Schlüsselwerke der Philosophie : die philosophische Basisbibliothek ; mehr als 20.000 Seiten! ; Logik, Ethik, Erkenntni by Mathias Bertram

The Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume Two (Revised Oxford Translation) by Aristotle

The Basic Works of Aristotle by Aristotle

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Obras Filosoficas: Metafisica - Etica - Politica - Poetica. Seleccion Y Estudio Preliminar Por Francisco Romero. (Los Clasicos) by Aristóteles

Has as a study

Aristotle's Metaphysics Θ 1-3 : on the essence and actuality of force by Martin Heidegger

The Doctrine of Being in the Aristotelian 'Metaphysics': A Study in the Greek Background of Mediaeval Thought by Joseph Owens

Le problème de l'être chez Aristote by Pierre Aubenque

On Aristotle Metaphysics 1 by Alexander of Aphrodisias

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Canonical title

Metaphysics

Original title

τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά

Alternative titles

Metaphysica

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4th century BCE

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Aristotle

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4th century BCE

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To my father

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By nature, all men long to know.

All men by nature desire understanding.--(Apostle translation, 1979)

When a great and fertile thinker has much to say in a limited time and without the present speedy means of having it recorded in detail, he chooses, if he has a sense of proportion, a condensed form of expression in order to cover the important points and so state the maximum.
--Preface (Apostle translation, 1979)

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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 out what he takesto be the main problems of metaphysics or 'first philosophy' and assesses possible solutions to them.

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