It is well known that Aristotle’s Metaphysics presents historians with many problems of literary history. The fourteen books of "first philosophy" available today did not originally form one single work which Aristotle himself planned and authored. This work as we have it is rather the result of a compilation after its author’s death. His disciples have joined together different writings which reflect their master’s teaching at different points in his career. Consequently, historians are confronted with problems of chronology, both absolute (...) and relative, with respect to each of the parts they distinguish in our version of the Metaphysics. One’s understanding of Aristotle’s thought and of the development of his teaching depends in large part on the solution to these problems. (shrink)

Persée est un programme de publication électronique de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales. L'intégralité des collections imprimées de revues est numérisée et mise en ligne sur un portail qui offre un accès à l'ensemble de ces collections et des possibilités avancées d'exploitation de ces corpus numérisés. Les revues font l'objet d'une sélection pour garantir la cohérence de l'offre éditoriale et scientifique du portail. / Persée is a program which was created for the digital publication of scientific journals in (...) the field of the humanities. The entire printed collection of journals is digitized and published online through a portal which offers access to the collections as well as advanced functionalities which facilitate and enhance use of the portal's resources. The journals are selected by an editorial board, thereby guaranteeing the collection's scientific coherence. (shrink)

Persée est un programme de publication électronique de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales. L'intégralité des collections imprimées de revues est numérisée et mise en ligne sur un portail qui offre un accès à l'ensemble de ces collections et des possibilités avancées d'exploitation de ces corpus numérisés. Les revues font l'objet d'une sélection pour garantir la cohérence de l'offre éditoriale et scientifique du portail. / Persée is a program which was created for the digital publication of scientific journals in (...) the field of the humanities. The entire printed collection of journals is digitized and published online through a portal which offers access to the collections as well as advanced functionalities which facilitate and enhance use of the portal's resources. The journals are selected by an editorial board, thereby guaranteeing the collection's scientific coherence. (shrink)

Revisions of three lectures given at Catholic University of America in March 1978. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction.--The first lecture, Eternity of the world.--The second lectures, Monopsychism.--The third lecture, Rationalism.