An edition of La Poetica
(1479)
Aristotle on his predecessors
being the first book of his Metaphysics.
by Aristotle
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Metaphysics, Early works to 1800, Metaphysica (Aristoteles), Rhetoric, ancient, Ethics, greece, Athens (greece), politics and government, Meteorology, early works to 1800, Aristotle, Philosophers, greece, Astronomy, early works to 1800, Animal locomotion, Philosophy, ancient, Rhetoric, Poetry, early works to 1800, Aesthetics, early works to 1800, Ancient Rhetoric, Poetry, Aesthetics, Esztétika, Irodalomelmélet, Költészet, Retorika, Rhétorique ancienne, Filosofia, Poétique, Rhétorique, Zoology, Pre-Linnean works, Philosophy, Collected Works, Classical philology, Philosophie, Ouvrages avant 1800, Filosofie, Poésie, Esthétique, 18.43 ancient Greek literature, 08.21 Ancient philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Science, Science, ancient, Ethics, Economics, Poetics, Métaphysique, Criticism and interpretation, Pa3893 .r3 1991, 808.0092, Linguistics & semiotics, Ancient greek philosophy, Metaphysics--early works to 1800, B434.a5 b67 1994, 110, Philosophy--early works to 1800, B407 .a26 1996, 185, B407 .f56 1995People
Aristotle, Aristotle (384-322 B.C), Demetrius, Demetrius of Phaleron (b. 350 B.C), Demetrius, of Phaleron, AristoteTimes
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Table of Contents
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{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Introduction: I. Life of Aristotle (p. 13)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Introduction: II. The Metaphysics (p. 17)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': "Introduction: III. Historical Value of Aristotle's Criticism (p. 29)"}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Summary (p. 45)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chronological Table of the Pre-Aristotelian Philosophers Referred to in Metaphysics (p. 58)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Book of Reference (p. 60)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Aristotle on his Predecessors:'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter I: The Origin of Knowledge and Wisdom (Philosophy) (p. 67)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter II: General Character of Wisdom (p. 72)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter III: Four Kinds of Causes: A Review of Their Treatment in the Past (p. 78)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter IV: Teleology and the Formative Principle (p. 86)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter V: Mathematicians, Pythagoreans, and Eleatics (p. 91)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter VI: The Peculiarities of Plato (p. 100)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter VII: The Four Conceptions of Cause United in Aristotle (p. 105)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter VIII: The Defects of the Pre-Aristotelian Systems'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter IX: A Criticism of Plato (p. 116)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Chapter X: Conclusion (p. 138)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Appendix A: On the cognition of Universal Axioms as a Product of Experience (p. 143)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Appendix B: The Four Senses of Cause (p. 149)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Appendix C: A Popular Resume of the Main Arguments Against the Platonic Ideas, with Special Reference to the "Idea of Good" (p. 153)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Appendix D: The Alleged Difficulty is the Connection of Mathematics with the Doctrine of Ideas (p. 153)'}
{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'Index to Proper Names (p. 160)'}
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