Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
In this first volume of One and Many, Halper argues that books Alpha
to Delta should be read as a coherent treatment, within the larger
whole of the Metaphysics, which addresses the problem of how
there can be a single science of metaphysics. Halper shows that
Aristotle poses and pursues the problem of the existence of metaphysics
as a version of the problem of the one and the many, which
he resolves by introducing doctrines of being and substance.