Theophrastus on First Principles

Name: Theophrastus on First Principles
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009708265
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ISBN: 9781009708265

by Samuel Meister

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Elements in Ancient Philosophy

ISBN-10 1009708260

ISBN-13 9781009708265

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 2nd, 2026

Print length 72 Pages

Weight 118 grams

Dimensions 15.10 x 22.90 x 0.80 cms

Product Classification: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology Theology Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Theology

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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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