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This book uses the study of philosophical texts to raise and explore metaphysical issues. On one level, each essay addresses a scholarly issue in a classical text, often a text of Aristotle's. On a deeper level, the issues Halper considers are metaphysical. However, unlike thinkers who have brought linguistic analysis and contemporary metaphysical notions to these texts, Halper approaches them to find their formulations of issues and their str...

ristotle ultimately undermines the problem of the one and many, but understanding how he treats the problem provides a surprising amount of cogency and coherence to Aristotle's often difficult text and shows why he thinks a science of metaphysics exists.

A concise, accessible and student-friendly introduction to a key text in Ancient Philosophy.>

A concise, accessible and student-friendly introduction to a key text in Ancient Philosophy.>

This book is part of a larger study of the problem of the one and the many in Aristotle's Metaphysics. Although this portion can be read and understood on its own, some remarks about the contents of the two sister volumes will be helpful.