Reale's monumental work establishes the exact dimensions of Aristotle's concept of first philosophy and proves the profound unity of concept that exists in Aristotle's Metaphysics.

-- v. 5. V. słownik, indeksy i bibliografia.

Beginning with the origins of Western philosophy, the profound creation of the Hellenic genius, Reale presents an appreciation of the Naturalists, the Sophists, Socrates, and the Minor Socratics.

1. Dalle origini a Socrate.--2. Platone e Aristotele.--3. I sistemi dell'età ellenistica.--4. Le scuole dell'età imperiale.--5. Lessico, indici e bibliografia.

"Rereads the writings of Plato in the light andperspective of the paradigm of the Tubingen School, but it doesso on the basis of very precise principles of contemporaryepistemology which render the undertaking soundly andconvincingly scientific and highly, even fascinatingly readable".

Aristoteles (384-322 a.C.), es uno de los pensadores mas influyentes de la historia de la humanidad. Filosofo y cientifico, su obra incorpora una gran variedad de conocimientos que, a traves de la pedagogia directa, transmitio a sus alumnos. Metafisica es una obra magna del pensamiento occidental, compuesta de catorce libros -de los que presentamos una seleccion- representa un compendio de todo el saber aristotelico en el campo de la filosofia y, tambien, un elemento basico de la misma como ciencia del (...) saber y del conocimiento. Todos los problemas que ha debatido la metafisica hasta hoy tienen su origen en las ideas que Aristoteles plantea y desarrolla en este libro de libros. (shrink)

This is a translation of II Motore Immobile (Metafisica, libro XII), Traduzione intégrale, introduzione e commento by Giovanni Reale (Editrice La Scuola, Brescia, 4th Ed. 1971)- The author offers a unitary reading of the famous twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics. The book is intended for students who wish to read the text itself of Aristotle’s, so that the introduction and commentary to the text and the summaries of the entire Metaphysics as well as the twelfth book gives the student ample (...) material to read the text intelligently. The work is aware of the current state of Aristotelian studies but does not intrude them into the commentary, because they should be reserved for more specialized work which the author has completed. (shrink)

Enth.: "Platone scopritore dell'ermeneutica" : intervista di Giovanni Reale a Hans-Georg Gadamer.

One 1120 pages volume, with 4000 entries covering - Western philosophy: authors, schools, concepts and terminology; - religions, cultural anthropology, eastern philosophies; - Psychology and psychoanalysis; - linguistics and semiotics; - sociology and political theory.

Reale (history of ancient philosophy, Catholic U. of Milan) covers the first 500 years of the common era.

The Garden of Epicurus, the Porch of Zeno, and the sceptical movement initiated by Pyrrho form the core of the volume. The volume contains a select bibliography and an index of names and Greek terms, as well as an index of citations.

No index or bibliography, but extensive, detailed endnotes. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Ably edited and translated from the 5th Italian edition by John R. Catan.

This work considers the novelty of Neoplatonism against platonic philosophy, characterising the former by three principie points: the monopolaristic conception, the One which is productive (a self difftisive One-Good) remaining as indefinable or ineffable and its consequences and implications. Plotino's metaphysics, therefore, finds itself before a new problem, not put by Plato: to give reason of the One, and with this, of the production of the many from the One, and in its resolution he introduces an irreductable novelty into not (...) only the platonic categories, but also into Greek thought (as the idea of positive infinitude). (shrink)