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Aristotle's Metaphysics Lambda: Annotated Critical Edition Based Upon a Systematic Investigation of Greek, Latin, Arabic and Hebrew Sources
A title that draws upon many hitherto unexplored sources of the direct and indirect tradition, inter alia upon an independent Greek manuscript the author has discovered in the Vatican Library.
295 pages, Hardcover
First published November 15, 2013
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February 17, 2014
That I inserted this book in my list is at least partially a iie.
1. I did not read the book, I only skimmed it. The book is based on the dissertation of the author who restudied all the codices in order to come to a definite understanding of the best text of book lambda. I did check portions of the Greek against my reading of book lambda in English.
2. The first part of this book is a marvelous explanation of how a critical expert studies the families of scripts, texts, translations, etc., etc. in order to determine the best possible text in the original language.. The chains of copied books, with their chains of mistakes to figure out in which chain a particular book is, were fascinating.
3. I did read Ross' translation of book lambda and did a heavy duty bit of outlining to figure out what Aristotle was doing. Whatever he was doing, he did it well. He was a very smart man. I now understand why Aristotle got in so much trouble with eternal matter. He presumed it because of the astronomers of his time and simple common sense -- just look at the stars in their courses.
4. For the rest, the ontology is clear and well done, a delight to read after 2400 years.
1. I did not read the book, I only skimmed it. The book is based on the dissertation of the author who restudied all the codices in order to come to a definite understanding of the best text of book lambda. I did check portions of the Greek against my reading of book lambda in English.
2. The first part of this book is a marvelous explanation of how a critical expert studies the families of scripts, texts, translations, etc., etc. in order to determine the best possible text in the original language.. The chains of copied books, with their chains of mistakes to figure out in which chain a particular book is, were fascinating.
3. I did read Ross' translation of book lambda and did a heavy duty bit of outlining to figure out what Aristotle was doing. Whatever he was doing, he did it well. He was a very smart man. I now understand why Aristotle got in so much trouble with eternal matter. He presumed it because of the astronomers of his time and simple common sense -- just look at the stars in their courses.
4. For the rest, the ontology is clear and well done, a delight to read after 2400 years.
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