Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics

<p>Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the <em>Metaphysics</em> thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the <em>Metaphysics</em>, the ideas and text of the <em>Metaphysics</em> and Aristotle's philosophical legacy.</p> <p>1. Aristotle's Metaphysics 2. Metaphysics as the Science of the Ultimate Explanations of all Things 3. Metaphysics as the Science of Being, Qua Being, Primary being and Non-Primary Being 4. The Principle of Non-Contradiction 5. The Search for Primary Being 6. The First Cause of Change, God 7. The Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms </p>