Aristotle's Metaphysics Book Lambda：Symposium Aristotelicum

AdistinguishedgroupofscholarsofancientphilosophyherepresentsasystematicstudyofthetwelfthbookofAristotle'sMetaphysics.Lambda,whichcanberegardedasaself-standingtreatiseonsubstance,hasbeenattractingparticularattentioninrecentyears,andwaschosenasthefocusofthefourteenthSymposiumAristotelicum,fromwhichthisvolumederives.AttheSymposium,eachofLambda'stenchapterswastakeninturnasthesubjectofasessionatwhichaspeciallywrittenpaperwasreadtoanddiscussedbytheassembledsymposiasts.(Theninthchaptercommandedtwosessionsbydintofitsparticulardifficulty.)Thepapershavebeenrevisedinthelightofdiscussion,andarenowofferedtoawideraudienceasadiscursivecommentaryonpointsofparticularphilosophicalinterestcoveringallofLambda.MichaelFrede'sextensiveIntroductionaimstogiveabroaderviewofLambdaasawholeandtheproblemsitraises,andthustoprovidethecontextforthediscussionofeachofthechapters.Thisvolumewillbearesourceofgreatvalueandinterestforanyoneworkingonancientmetaphysicsandtheology.