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- What does Aristotle say about metaphysics?
- What is Aristotle's assessment of Plato's metaphysics?
- When did Aristotle write metaphysics?
What does Aristotle say about metaphysics?
Metaphysics, for Aristotle, was the study of nature and ourselves. In this sense he brings metaphysics to this world of sense experience–where we live, learn, know, think, and speak. Metaphysics is the study of being qua being, which is, first, the study of the different ways the word “be” can be used.
What is Aristotle's assessment of Plato's metaphysics?
Perhaps the starting point of Aristotle's metaphysics is his rejection of Plato's Theory of Forms. In Plato's theory, material objects are changeable and not real in themselves; rather, they correspond to an ideal, eternal, and immutable Form by a common name, and this Form can be perceived only by the intellect.
When did Aristotle write metaphysics?
It is believed that Aristotle originally wrote Metaphysics around 350 B.C. Aristotle's Metaphysics was compiled by an unknown first century editor. Aristotle referred to metaphysics as first philosophy . Aristotle believed that metaphysics was unique and different than mathematics, natural science (i.e., physics).
