{"product_id":"syrianus-on-aristotle-metaphysics-3-4-9781472558176","title":"Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Syrianus\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSyrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens. This discussion of Aristotle's\u003ci\u003e Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e 3-4 shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science, was conceived by the Neoplatonic philosopher of Late Antiquity. The questions raised by Aristotle in \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics \u003c\/i\u003e3 regarding the scope of metaphysics are answered by Syrianus, who also criticises the alternative answers explored by Aristotle. In presenting \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e 4, Syrianus explains in what sense metaphysics deals with 'being as being' and how this includes the essential attributes of being (unity\/multiplicity, sameness\/difference, etc.), showing also that it comes within the scope of metaphysics to deal with the primary axioms of scientific thought, in particular the Principle of Non-Contradiction, for which Syrianus provides arguments additional to those developed by Aristotle. Syrianus thus reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45086609899671,"sku":"9781472558176","price":4957.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472558176.webp?v=1767142974","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/syrianus-on-aristotle-metaphysics-3-4-9781472558176","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}