The Metaphysics (Penguin Classics)

A doctor’s son and eminent scientist, Aristotle was fascinated by natural phenomena. When he joined Plato’s Academy, he was taught the idealist doctrine that our perception is merely a pale reflection of true reality. Challenging Platonism, The Metaphysics integrates the world’s natural and rational aspects. It delves into philosophy’s most profound questions: on existence, change, substance, matter, form, essence, accident, potentiality and actuality. This seminal work provided the basis for one of Western philosophy’s central branches. Translator Hugh Lawson-Tancred makes this profoundly significant masterpiece more accessible and stimulating. 460 pages.