First Philosophy (metaphysics in the Aristotelian tradition)

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First Philosophy, in the Aristotelian tradition, is the branch of metaphysics that investigates being as such and the ultimate principles and causes of reality.

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Target entity: First Philosophy (metaphysics in the Aristotelian tradition)
Context triple: [Second Philosophy, contrastsWith, First Philosophy (metaphysics in the Aristotelian tradition)]

A. Metaphysics (On First Principles)
Metaphysics (On First Principles) is a philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the fundamental nature of reality, causation, and first principles in the Aristotelian tradition.
B. Philosophia prima sive ontologia
Philosophia prima sive ontologia is Christian Wolff’s foundational treatise on metaphysics, in which he systematically develops a rationalist account of being and its most general principles.
C. Aristotle’s Metaphysics I.5
Aristotle’s Metaphysics I.5 is a section of Aristotle’s foundational philosophical work in which he critically examines earlier thinkers, including the Pythagoreans, and their accounts of first principles and opposites.
D. Book IV of the Metaphysics
Book IV of Aristotle's *Metaphysics* (Book Gamma) is the foundational treatise in which Aristotle investigates the nature of being as being and articulates the principles of non-contradiction and identity at the core of metaphysics.
E. On First Philosophy
On First Philosophy is a foundational philosophical treatise by the 9th-century Arab philosopher Al-Kindi that explores metaphysics, the nature of being, and the relationship between God and creation within an Islamic intellectual framework.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: First Philosophy (metaphysics in the Aristotelian tradition)
Target entity description: First Philosophy, in the Aristotelian tradition, is the branch of metaphysics that investigates being as such and the ultimate principles and causes of reality.

A. Metaphysics (On First Principles)
Metaphysics (On First Principles) is a philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the fundamental nature of reality, causation, and first principles in the Aristotelian tradition.
B. Philosophia prima sive ontologia
Philosophia prima sive ontologia is Christian Wolff’s foundational treatise on metaphysics, in which he systematically develops a rationalist account of being and its most general principles.
C. Aristotle’s Metaphysics I.5
Aristotle’s Metaphysics I.5 is a section of Aristotle’s foundational philosophical work in which he critically examines earlier thinkers, including the Pythagoreans, and their accounts of first principles and opposites.
D. Book IV of the Metaphysics
Book IV of Aristotle's *Metaphysics* (Book Gamma) is the foundational treatise in which Aristotle investigates the nature of being as being and articulates the principles of non-contradiction and identity at the core of metaphysics.
E. On First Philosophy
On First Philosophy is a foundational philosophical treatise by the 9th-century Arab philosopher Al-Kindi that explores metaphysics, the nature of being, and the relationship between God and creation within an Islamic intellectual framework.
F. None of above. chosen