Book Gamma

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Book Gamma is a central section of Aristotle’s Metaphysics that investigates the fundamental principles of being and the nature of first philosophy.

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instanceOf philosophical work
section of a philosophical treatise
alsoKnownAs Book IV of the Metaphysics NERFINISHED
Metaphysics Gamma NERFINISHED
author Aristotle NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus central book of Aristotle’s Metaphysics
centralTheme denial of the possibility of meaningful contradiction of first principles
priority of metaphysics over other sciences
there is a single science that studies being qua being
containsArgument against Protagorean-style relativism
defense of the law of non-contradiction as the firmest principle
that all sciences presuppose common axioms
that anyone who denies non-contradiction undermines meaningful discourse
discusses common axioms of all sciences
refutation of relativism
refutation of skepticism about first principles
relation between metaphysics and other sciences
science that studies being as being
unity of wisdom
field first philosophy
metaphysics
genre ancient philosophical treatise
hasKeyConcept axioms common to all sciences
being qua being (to on hê on)
first principles
non-contradiction
relativism
skepticism
historicalPeriod Classical Greek philosophy
influenced early modern discussions of first principles
later metaphysical theories of being
medieval scholastic metaphysics
locatedInWorkStructure early central books of Aristotle’s Metaphysics
mainTopic being qua being
law of non-contradiction
logical principles underlying metaphysics
nature of first philosophy
principles of being
partOf Metaphysics NERFINISHED
philosophicalDiscipline epistemology
logic
ontology
philosophicalTradition Peripatetic philosophy
studiedIn courses on Aristotle’s Metaphysics
history of philosophy courses
writtenInLanguage Ancient Greek

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Metaphysics hasPart Book Gamma
subject surface form: Metaphysics (Aristotle)