Article: TITLE DEED HOW THE BOOK GOT ITS NAME The Metaphysics by Aristotle

Our word 'metaphysics' derives from an editorial decision by one Andronicus of Rhodes. It was he who set himself the task of ordering Aristotle's works and he who decided to group certain writings of Aristotle under the title Ta meta ta phusika, or 'the writings that come after the [book called the] Physics'. These writings dealt with topics such as being, substance and potentiality, but were unrelated to the Physics ...

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