Metaphysics / / Theophrastus ; with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Marlein van Raalte.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 125
• Author: Theophrastus; Theophrastus.
• TeilnehmendeR: Raalte, Marlein van, 1952-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English; Ancient Greek
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 125.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 676 pages) :; illustrations.

This book has been written from the conviction that general statements about the philosophical position taken by Theophrastus in this small but extremely difficult treatise, can only be made on the basis of a detailed interpretation of each and every sentence of the text. This resulted in a full commentary, which evades no philological or philosophical question that should be asked in order to elicit from the text a maximum of information. The outcome is a cautious but nonetheless explicit and determinate characterization and evaluation of Theophrastean metaphysics as a biologist's metaphysics, which deserves the attention of philosophers in its own right. The author has paid special attention to questions of Peripatetic idiom and terminology, thus increasing the value of this book to students of Peripatetic thought in general. The information brought together has been made easily accessible by full indexes.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Marlein van Raalte -- Introduction / Marlein van Raalte -- Text and Translation / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter One / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Two / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Three / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Four / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Five / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Six / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Seven / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Eight / Marlein van Raalte -- Chapter Nine / Marlein van Raalte -- References and Author Index / Marlein van Raalte -- Index of Passages Cited / Marlein van Raalte -- Index to Theophrastus Metaphysics / Marlein van Raalte -- General Index / Marlein van Raalte.