Aristotle’s Metaphysics (editor and translator)
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Aristotle’s Metaphysics (editor and translator) is W. D. Ross’s influential critical edition and English translation of Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on being, substance, and first principles.
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Target entity: Aristotle’s Metaphysics (editor and translator) Context triple: [W. D. Ross, notableWork, Aristotle’s Metaphysics (editor and translator)]
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Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis
Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis is a medieval scholastic commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics that explores key issues in ontology, causality, and the nature of being.
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B.
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential philosophical and explanatory works by Averroes that provide systematic, intermediate-level interpretations of Aristotle’s major texts for students and scholars in the medieval Islamic and later Latin traditions.
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C.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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D.
Corpus Aristotelicum
The Corpus Aristotelicum is the collected body of surviving works attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, encompassing his writings on logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, natural science, and biology.
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E.
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.
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Target entity: Aristotle’s Metaphysics (editor and translator) Target entity description: Aristotle’s Metaphysics (editor and translator) is W. D. Ross’s influential critical edition and English translation of Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on being, substance, and first principles.
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A.
Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis
Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis is a medieval scholastic commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics that explores key issues in ontology, causality, and the nature of being.
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B.
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential philosophical and explanatory works by Averroes that provide systematic, intermediate-level interpretations of Aristotle’s major texts for students and scholars in the medieval Islamic and later Latin traditions.
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C.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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D.
Corpus Aristotelicum
The Corpus Aristotelicum is the collected body of surviving works attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, encompassing his writings on logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, natural science, and biology.
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E.
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English translation
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critical edition ⓘ philosophical text edition ⓘ |
| aim |
to provide a reliable Greek text of Aristotle’s Metaphysics
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to provide an accurate English translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics ⓘ |
| associatedWith | W. D. Ross’s scholarship on Aristotle ⓘ |
| authorOfOriginalWork | Aristotle ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Aristotle’s Metaphysics
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linked to:
Metaphysics by Aristotle
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| editor | W. D. Ross ⓘ |
| field |
ancient philosophy
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classical philology ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
critique of Platonic Forms
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first causes and principles ⓘ the nature of being qua being ⓘ the theory of substance ⓘ theology and the unmoved mover ⓘ |
| genre |
academic commentary
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philosophical classic in translation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
English translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics
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Greek text of Aristotle’s Metaphysics ⓘ critical apparatus ⓘ editorial introduction ⓘ scholarly notes ⓘ |
| hasForm |
critical Greek text
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facing-page English translation ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century scholarship on Aristotle’s metaphysics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential English translation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics
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standard critical edition of the Greek text of Aristotle’s Metaphysics ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Aristotelianism ⓘ |
| subject |
being
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first principles ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ substance ⓘ |
| titleOfOriginalWork | Metaphysics ⓘ |
| translator | W. D. Ross ⓘ |
| usedIn |
scholarly study of Aristotle
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university courses on ancient philosophy ⓘ |
| workType |
philosophical translation
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scholarly edition ⓘ |
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