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Aristóteles I. Protréptico - Metafísica
"¿Qué hay que sea correcto y que no esté ya en Aristóteles?"
H.-G. Gadamer
Las obras de Aristóteles (Estagira, c. 384 - Eubea, 322 a.C), el discípulo más aventajado de Platón y su gran crítico, concentran la totalidad de la sabiduría griega de la Antigüedad e inauguran la ciencia y la metafísica occidentales. La fuerza de su personalidad impregnará toda la vasta Edad Media hasta la llegada de Descartes y la época moderna. Mente metafísica a la par que científica, el filósofo ateniense se interesó tanto por el estudio de la Naturaleza como por la antropología y la conducta de los seres humanos. Sus obras siguen siendo una guía de sabiduría vital. El espíritu de Aristóteles, fascinado por la inmensa riqueza de la Naturaleza, no se conformó únicamente con investigar los hechos objetivos, ni con la observación de las plantas, los animales y hasta de los cataclismos naturales. El anhelo que lo embargaba lo impulsó a descubrir las causas primeras de las cosas y el escrutinio de la divinidad: Dios, como primero y único motor inmóvil, era la causa final del mundo, y la filosofía, la actividad más noble del ser humano.
Estudio introductorio de Miguel Candel, profesor titular de Historia de la Filosofía Antigua y Medieval en la Universidad de Barcelona. Ha traducido el Órganon y el tratado Acerca del cielo, de Aristóteles. Es autor de El nacimiento de la eternidad, Apuntes de filosofía antigua (2002) y Metafísica de cercanías (2004).
470 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2014
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Aristotle
4,348 books5,566 followersAristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At 17 or 18, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of 37 (c. 347 BC). Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. He established a library in the Lyceum, which helped him to produce many of his hundreds of books on papyrus scrolls.
Though Aristotle wrote many treatises and dialogues for publication, only around a third of his original output has survived, none of it intended for publication. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. His teachings and methods of inquiry have had a significant impact across the world, and remain a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
Aristotle's views profoundly shaped medieval scholarship. The influence of his physical science extended from late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages into the Renaissance, and was not replaced systematically until the Enlightenment and theories such as classical mechanics were developed. He influenced Judeo-Islamic philosophies during the Middle Ages, as well as Christian theology, especially the Neoplatonism of the Early Church and the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church.
Aristotle was revered among medieval Muslim scholars as "The First Teacher", and among medieval Christians like Thomas Aquinas as simply "The Philosopher", while the poet Dante Alighieri called him "the master of those who know". His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, and were studied by medieval scholars such as Pierre Abélard and Jean Buridan. Aristotle's influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, although always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics.
Little is known about Aristotle's life. He was born in the city of Stagira in northern Greece during the Classical period. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, and he was brought up by a guardian. At 17 or 18, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of 37 (c. 347 BC). Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored his son Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC. He established a library in the Lyceum, which helped him to produce many of his hundreds of books on papyrus scrolls.
Though Aristotle wrote many treatises and dialogues for publication, only around a third of his original output has survived, none of it intended for publication. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. His teachings and methods of inquiry have had a significant impact across the world, and remain a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
Aristotle's views profoundly shaped medieval scholarship. The influence of his physical science extended from late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages into the Renaissance, and was not replaced systematically until the Enlightenment and theories such as classical mechanics were developed. He influenced Judeo-Islamic philosophies during the Middle Ages, as well as Christian theology, especially the Neoplatonism of the Early Church and the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church.
Aristotle was revered among medieval Muslim scholars as "The First Teacher", and among medieval Christians like Thomas Aquinas as simply "The Philosopher", while the poet Dante Alighieri called him "the master of those who know". His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, and were studied by medieval scholars such as Pierre Abélard and Jean Buridan. Aristotle's influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, although always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics.
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February 6, 2025
La metafisica es dmsd
November 2, 2020
Me quedo con dos cosas del libro:
Primera, entiendo la razón por la que las ideas expresadas en este tratado han sido y son tan famosas, respetadas y admiradas. Nos da un sentido, una razón de ser de toda la existencia. Una particularidad que tenemos como seres conscientes es que buscamos el por qué de todas las cosas, nos encanta pensar que tenemos las respuestas al porque de la existencia, aun cuando esta necesidad inherente a nuestro ser no implique que existan dichas respuestas. Aristóteles da en el punto y nos da lo que muchos deseamos: un sistema que nos da razones, introduce la ciencia de lo que es y junto con principios consistentes (principio de no contradicción, causa primera entre otros) nos da la paz del ser, todo parece tener una finalidad.
Segunda, me he dado cuenta de lo poco que entendemos las ideas de Aristóteles, debido quizá a la abstracción del texto y al prejuicio que tenemos algunos de que dichas ideas son dogmáticas. El prejuicio que tenía arraigado yo es la idea de movimiento. Cuando Aristóteles se refiere al movimiento no se refiere para nada a nuestra concepción de movimiento, sino que se refiere a un cambio algo abstracto. Si queremos sacudirnos este prejuicio y otros el libro es ideal, ¡pero cuidado! dada la forma de escritura se vuelve en algunas partes algo tediosa la lectura.
Primera, entiendo la razón por la que las ideas expresadas en este tratado han sido y son tan famosas, respetadas y admiradas. Nos da un sentido, una razón de ser de toda la existencia. Una particularidad que tenemos como seres conscientes es que buscamos el por qué de todas las cosas, nos encanta pensar que tenemos las respuestas al porque de la existencia, aun cuando esta necesidad inherente a nuestro ser no implique que existan dichas respuestas. Aristóteles da en el punto y nos da lo que muchos deseamos: un sistema que nos da razones, introduce la ciencia de lo que es y junto con principios consistentes (principio de no contradicción, causa primera entre otros) nos da la paz del ser, todo parece tener una finalidad.
Segunda, me he dado cuenta de lo poco que entendemos las ideas de Aristóteles, debido quizá a la abstracción del texto y al prejuicio que tenemos algunos de que dichas ideas son dogmáticas. El prejuicio que tenía arraigado yo es la idea de movimiento. Cuando Aristóteles se refiere al movimiento no se refiere para nada a nuestra concepción de movimiento, sino que se refiere a un cambio algo abstracto. Si queremos sacudirnos este prejuicio y otros el libro es ideal, ¡pero cuidado! dada la forma de escritura se vuelve en algunas partes algo tediosa la lectura.
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