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Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4
Contributor(s): Syrianus (Author), Dillon, John (Translator), O'Meara, Dominic J. (Translator)
ISBN: 0715636650     ISBN-13: 9780715636657
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
OUR PRICE:   $217.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
Dewey: 110
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (0.90 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Syrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens. In discussing Aristotle's 'Metaphysics' 3-4, shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science, was conceived by the Neoplatonic philosopher of Late Antiquity. The questions raised by Aristotle in Metaphysics 3 as to the scope of metaphysics are answered by Syrianus, who also criticizes the alternative answers explored by Aristotle.In presenting Metaphysics 4, Syrianus explains in what sense metaphysics deals with 'being as being' and how this includes the essential attributes of being (unity/multiplicity, sameness/difference, etc.), showing also that it comes within the scope of metaphysics to deal with the primary axioms of scientific thought, in particular the Principle of Non-Contradiction, for which Syrianus provides arguments additional to those developed by Aristotle. Syrianus thus reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato.