{"product_id":"syrianus-syrianus-9781472558176","title":"Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4","description":"Syrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens. This discussion of Aristotle's\u003ci\u003e Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e 3-4 shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science, was conceived by the Neoplatonic philosopher of Late Antiquity. The questions raised by Aristotle in \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics \u003c\/i\u003e3 regarding the scope of metaphysics are answered by Syrianus, who also criticises the alternative answers explored by Aristotle. In presenting \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e 4, Syrianus explains in what sense metaphysics deals with 'being as being' and how this includes the essential attributes of being (unity\/multiplicity, sameness\/difference, etc.), showing also that it comes within the scope of metaphysics to deal with the primary axioms of scientific thought, in particular the Principle of Non-Contradiction, for which Syrianus provides arguments additional to those developed by Aristotle. Syrianus thus reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Syrianus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472558170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472558176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.35d","brand":"Syrianus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935479038207,"sku":"9781472558176","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a93aa592-a4ec-481d-81bc-2e248a06efb7.jpg?v=1681420042","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/syrianus-syrianus-9781472558176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}