Metaphysics by Aristotle, First Edition (19 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Aristotle's probing look at the fundamental questions of philosophyThe Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hardheaded view that all processes are ultimately material. He argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms, and in so doing he probed some of the deepest questions of philosophy- What is existence? How is change possible? And are there certain things that must exist for anything else to exist at all? The seminal notions discussed in The Metaphysics - of 'substance' and associated concepts of matter and form, essence and accident, potentiality and actuality - have had a profound and enduring influence, and laid the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy. Presents the author's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hard-headed view that all processes are the material. In this book, the author argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy. No additions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Everyman's Library, No. 1000. Edited and translated by John Warrington with an introduction by Sir David Ross. First (same year) reprint of First Edition.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. First Thus. Octavo. 227pp. Printed pink dust jacket. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Boards tight in binding and pages unmarked; Near Fine.

Hardcover. First Edition; Eighth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on text block edges. Light shelfwear on rear gutter. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 287; 704 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. tiny signature front end page.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue dust jacket; [8],240pp. Minor wear from handling, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the series Ancient Commentaries on Aristotle.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. 6 x 8 in. Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor wear, covers clean. Binding tight. Text has pencil underling and a margin note on pg 1 of the preface only. Endpapers foxed, PO's name on front pastedown. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped, clean but rubbed with a few chips. Classics. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Thus. First Edition Thus, 2nd Printing (1977). Published by Shoten, 1968. Octavo. Red cloth boards stamped in gold in slipcase. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have light shelf wear. Slipcase has light shelf wear with a few nicks and smudges. Text is in Japanese and read right to left. A fine copy of this collection of works by Aristotle translated to Japanese. 718 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in boards. ; Classics Club.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [5], vi, [2], 1-206, [2] pp. Purple cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £2.25 net 45s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated with notes by Christopher Kirwan. Part of the Clarendon Aristotle series, edited by J.L. Ackrill. Jacket with just a touch of rubbing.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Fine in boards. ; Classics Club.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. 8vo. 498 pp. Green cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Slight wear to extremities of boards. Mild toning to jacket spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition w/SD & NAP, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, faint sunning to the spine, faint sunning to the spine and head with fading to the top edge treatment, some very light spots of soiling to the head of the text block, and sparse pencil notes and underlining to the text block, otherwise a solid, tight Near Very Good copy.

8vo. pp. xvii, [1], 394. some Greek text. cloth. Very good in slightly worn dw. First Edition of the English Translation by Richard Hope.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition of Aristotle's Metaphysics in English, [London, 1801]. Translated by Thomas Taylor, a leading English classicist of the day. "In his knowledge of Plato and Aristotle he has never been equaled by any Englishman, and he is still the most important disseminator of ancient philosophy in the history of English and American literature. Taylor went on to complete all the works of Aristotle, but his introduction and important Dissertation [which appear here] were not included in the Works (Axon, 11). "If there is a philosophical Atlas who carries the whole of Western civilization on his shoulders, it is Aristotle. He has been opposed, misinterpreted, misrepresented, and -- like an axiom -- used by his enemies in the very act of denying him. Whatever intellectual progress men have achieved rests on his achievements" (Rand, The Objectivist Newsletter, 1963). This "philosophical Atlas" was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira, an ancient Greek city in the northeastern region of modern Greece. At seventeen, Aristotle traveled to Athens to study at Plato's Academy. He remained at the Academy until Plato's death in 348 B.C. In 343 B.C., Aristotle was recruited to tutor King Alexander the III, revered as "Alexander the Great" for his formidable conquests throughout Europe and Asia. Later, he established his own school, The Lyceum, which instructed students in a breadth of branches from rhetoric and logic to philosophy and the natural sciences. The Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and history's first major work on this fundamental branch of philosophy. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy which studies existence as such, of "being qua being," according to Aristotle. It "identifies the nature of the universe as a whole. It tells men what kind of world they live in, and whether there is a supernatural dimension beyond it. It tells men whether they live in a world of solid entities, natural laws, absolute facts, or in a world of illusory fragments, unpredictable miracles, and ceaseless flux. It tells men whether the things they perceive by their senses and mind form a comprehensible reality, with which they can deal, or some kind of unreal appearance, which leaves them staring and helpless" (Peikoff, 23). "This edition contains some valuable matter by the translator, not reprinted in the ninth volume of his complete translation of Aristotle s Works" (Lowndes, 69). Complete with blank leaves and half-title. In near fine condition, no writings, markings or bookplates of any kind; wide margins, some scattered light foxing. Large quarto, period-style full marbled calf gilt, red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. A splendid example, handsomely bound. Book #Bv2422. $6200.