Aristotle on his predecessors
Subtitle: being the first book of his Metaphysics
By: translated from the text edition of W. Christ, with introduction and notes, by A.E. Taylor
Contributors: Taylor, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1869-1945
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 160
Copyright date: 1907
Work titles: Metaphysics. Book 1.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: 7; title: Introduction:; label: I
pagenum: 13
title: Life of Aristotle; label: II
pagenum: 17
title: The Metaphysics; label: III
pagenum: 29
title: Historical value of Aristotle's criticism; title: Summary
pagenum: 45; title: Chronological table of Pre-Aristotilian philosophers reffered to in Metaphysics A
pagenum: 58; title: Books of reference
pagenum: 60; title: Aristotle on his predecessors:; label: Chapter I.
pagenum: 67
title: The origin of knowledge and wisdom (philosophy); label: Chapter II.
pagenum: 72
title: General character of wisdom; label: Chapter III.
pagenum: 78
title: Four kinds of causes: A review of their treatment in the past; label: Chapter IV.
pagenum: 86
title: Teleology and the formative principle; label: Chapter V.
pagenum: 91
title: Mathematicians, Pythogareans, and Eleatics; label: Chapter VI.
pagenum: 100
title: The peculiarities of Plato; label: Chapter VII.
pagenum: 105
title: The four conceptions of cause united in Aristotle; label: Chapter VIII.
pagenum: 108
title: The defects of the pre-Aristotelian systems; label: Chapter IX.
pagenum: 116
title: A criticism of Plato; label: Chapter X.
pagenum: 138
title: Conclusions; label: Appendix A.
pagenum: 143
title: On the cognition of universal axioms, as a product of experience; label: Appendix B.
pagenum: 149
title: The four senses of cause; label: Appendix C.
pagenum: 153
title: A popular résumé of the main arguments against the Platonic ideas, with special reference to the "Idea of Good"; label: Appendix D.
pagenum: 155
title: The alleged difficulty in the connection of mathematics with the doctrine of ideas; title: Index to proper names
pagenum: 160