The Metaphysics

图书标准信息

• 作者 Aristotle 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2000-12
• ISBN 9780140446197
• 定价 110.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 528页
• 正文语种 英语
• 原版书名 Τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά

【内容简介】

InTheMetaphysics,AristotlelaidthefoundationsforoneofthecentralbranchesofWesternphilosophy.Aristotlewasalwayspassionatelyinterestedinnaturalphenomena.YetwhenhejoinedPlato'sAcademyasa17-year-oldinthemid-360sBC,hewastaughtthe'idealist'doctrinethatwhatweperceiveisjustapalereflectionofthetruereality.AfterasharpreactionagainstPlatonism,heachievedinTheMetaphysicsanextraordinarysynthesis,integratingthenaturalandrationalaspectsoftheworld.Insodoingheprobedsomeofthedeepestquestionsofphilosophy:Whatisexistence?Howischangepossible?Aretherethingswhichmustexistforanythingelsetoexistatall?Theseminalnotionof'substance'andassociatedconceptsofmatterandform,essenceandaccidentandpotentialityandactualityhavehadaprofoundinfluenceuponWesternthought.Lawson-Tancred'snewtranslationachievesareadabilityabsentfromearlierversions,andinanintroductoryessayhehighlightsthecentralthemesofoneofphilosophy'ssuprememasterpieces.