Metaphysics A.7, 988b16-21: Aristotle's Conclusion about His Predecessors on Causes
The last six lines of Aristotle's Metaphysics A.7 draw some important conclusions about Aristotle's predecessors' (the Presocratics' and Plato's) grasp of the four types of cause. Aristotle argues that his account of his predecessors supports his conception of the four cause...
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| description | The last six lines of Aristotle's Metaphysics A.7 draw some important conclusions about Aristotle's predecessors' (the Presocratics' and Plato's) grasp of the four types of cause. Aristotle argues that his account of his predecessors supports his conception of the four causes and his claim that in first philosophy, too, we should seek to understand our subject-matter on the basis of these four causes. I offer a detailed textual and philosophical interpretation of these lines, connect them with Aristotle's argument in Metaphysics A.1-6, and examine their metaphysical, epistemological, and methodological presuppositions. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e4f90cc5-f132-4688-85d5-99aaf96006c72022-03-27T10:20:34ZMetaphysics A.7, 988b16-21: Aristotle's Conclusion about His Predecessors on CausesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e4f90cc5-f132-4688-85d5-99aaf96006c7Symplectic Elements at OxfordPhilosophy Documentation Center2017Peramatzis, MThe last six lines of Aristotle's Metaphysics A.7 draw some important conclusions about Aristotle's predecessors' (the Presocratics' and Plato's) grasp of the four types of cause. Aristotle argues that his account of his predecessors supports his conception of the four causes and his claim that in first philosophy, too, we should seek to understand our subject-matter on the basis of these four causes. I offer a detailed textual and philosophical interpretation of these lines, connect them with Aristotle's argument in Metaphysics A.1-6, and examine their metaphysical, epistemological, and methodological presuppositions. |
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| title | Metaphysics A.7, 988b16-21: Aristotle's Conclusion about His Predecessors on Causes |
| title_full | Metaphysics A.7, 988b16-21: Aristotle's Conclusion about His Predecessors on Causes |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Metaphysics A.7, 988b16-21: Aristotle's Conclusion about His Predecessors on Causes |
| title_short | Metaphysics A.7, 988b16-21: Aristotle's Conclusion about His Predecessors on Causes |
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