“This edition contains some valuable matter by the translator, not reprinted in the ninth volume of his complete translation of Aristotle’s Works” (Lowndes, 69). Taylor went on to complete all the works of Aristotle, but his introduction and important ‘Dissertation’ were not included in the Works” (Axon, 11). “In his knowledge of Plato and Aristotle he has never been equaled by any Englishman, and he is still the most important disseminator of ancient philosophy in the history of English and American literature. Translated by Thomas Taylor, a leading English classicist of the day. Here he grapples with the deepest questions of philosophy” (Peck, 130). “It forms the highest step in Aristotle’s system, and deals with the first principles of all existence. Metaphysics is one of the principal works of Aristotle and the first major work of the branch of philosophy with the same name. Quarto, bound in full calf, gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine, black morocco spine label, gilt lined to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. London: Printed for the Author by Davis, Wilks, and Taylor, 1801.įirst edition in English of the Metaphysics of Aristotle. The Metaphysics of Aristotle, Translated from the Greek…To Which is Added, A Dissertation.ĪRISTOTLE TRANSLATED BY THOMAS TAYLOR. Buy The Metaphysics of Aristotle : Translated from the Greek with Copious Notes in Which the Pythagoric and Platonic Dogmas Respecting Numbers and Ideas Are.
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