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Aristotle
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Metaphysics: Part 1
Introduction:
The Metaphysics is the most important of all Aristotle's philosophical
works, for it contains the philosopher's theory of being. At the same time, it
is the most difficult of Aristotle's books to understand. The great Arabian
philosopher of the eleventh century A.D., Avicenna, is said to have read the
work forty times without understanding a word. Research has indicated that the
book is a selection of notes, written during various periods of Aristotle's
career. Most of Book Lambda, for instance, seems to be an expression of
Aristotle's early thinking when he was still very much under Plato's
influence. Other parts are ...