Themselves and be willing to go where Aristotle leads us (p. Must leave behind modern ways of thinking, let things speak for His advice on how to enter the world of Aristotle is sound: we Not hold: there must always be a "source" at work in things Inert as a first principle, but that for Aristotle this explanation does That at the beginning of our philosophical tradition there was a searchįor the inert and that even now there is a persistent return to the This respect Sachs tries to help the reader by adding a glossary.ĭescribing the contents of the Metaphysics, Sachs rightly observes This terminology, consecrated by a long tradition, is imperative. In order to understand correctly what he is saying, acquaintance with Special terminology to express what the analysis of reality showed him. The extantĬorpus aristotelicum contains the text of many of his lectures-not hisĭialogues destined to a larger public-and the Stagirite coined a AristotleĬertainly developed a philosophy to be taught in class. However, the reader will often find this questionable. (), "induction," and soįorth, replacing them by terms such as "thinghood," The use of certain traditional terms such as "substance," Translations and versions influenced by them. The Metaphysics is the fact that it has come to us via the Latin According to Sachs, the main obstacle to the understanding of "the Metaphysics abound in plainly contradictory statements" To think hard." Sachs sets out on a difficult task because Specialists, "but for generally educated people.
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