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Aristotle on his predecessors

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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 1995, Psychology, Early works to 1850, Greek literature, History and criticism, Theory, Literary form, Ancient Aesthetics, Horses, Folklore
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Table of Contents

Preface Page 7
Introduction:
I. Life of Aristotle Page 13 II. The Metaphysics Page 17 III. Historical value of Aristotle's criticism Page 29 Summary Page 45 Chronological table of Pre-Aristotilian philosophers reffered to in Metaphysics A Page 58 Books of reference Page 60
Aristotle on his predecessors:
Chapter I. The origin of knowledge and wisdom (philosophy) Page 67 Chapter II. General character of wisdom Page 72 Chapter III. Four kinds of causes: A review of their treatment in the past Page 78 Chapter IV. Teleology and the formative principle Page 86 Chapter V. Mathematicians, Pythogareans, and Eleatics Page 91 Chapter VI. The peculiarities of Plato Page 100 Chapter VII. The four conceptions of cause united in Aristotle Page 105 Chapter VIII. The defects of the pre-Aristotelian systems Page 108 Chapter IX. A criticism of Plato Page 116 Chapter X. Conclusions Page 138 Appendix A. On the cognition of universal axioms, as a product of experience Page 143 Appendix B. The four senses of cause Page 149 Appendix C. A popular résumé of the main arguments against the Platonic ideas, with special reference to the "Idea of Good" Page 153 Appendix D. The alleged difficulty in the connection of mathematics with the doctrine of ideas Page 155 Index to proper names Page 160

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