Theophrastus on first principles
Auteur :
Meister, Samuel
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009708272
Date de publication :
30 avr. 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Theophrastus' so-called metaphysics presents a series of difficulties for various accounts of first principles, including Platonist ones but also Aristotle's. This Element describes how Theophrastus probes the Aristotelian account of first principles. He is an internal critic of an Aristotelian framework to which he himself is committed.