Theophrastus on First Principles
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Ancient Philosophy
ISBN-10
1009708260
ISBN-13
9781009708265
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Apr 2nd, 2026
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72 Pages
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118 grams
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15.10 x 22.90 x 0.80 cms
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Theophrastus' so-called metaphysics presents a series of difficulties for various accounts of first principles, including Platonist ones but also Aristotle's. This Element describes how Theophrastus probes the Aristotelian account of first principles. He is an internal critic of an Aristotelian framework to which he himself is committed.
Theophrastus' so-called Metaphysics presents a series of difficulties for various accounts of first principles, including Platonist ones but also – and especially – Aristotle's. Hence, many scholars think that Theophrastus abandons some of his teacher's core commitments, such as the prime mover or natural teleology. Other interpreters, by contrast, emphasize the aporematic character of the work and do not take Theophrastus to be truly critical of Aristotle. In the author's view, neither reading captures the character of the treatise. For, as argued in this Element, Theophrastus probes the Aristotelian account of first principles in earnest. But this is not to say that he abandons it. Rather, Theophrastus is an internal critic of an Aristotelian framework to which he himself is committed but of which he thinks that it requires further elaboration.
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