Lambda, the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics, is an outline for a much more extended work in metaphysics or, more accurately, in what Aristotle calls 'first philosophy', the inquiry into 'the principles and causes of all things'. Lindsay Judson provides a rigorous translation of this important book and a detailed philosophical commentary.
Lambda, the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics, is an outline for a much more extended work in metaphysics or, more accurately, in what Aristotle calls 'first philosophy', the inquiry into 'the principles and causes of all things'. Lindsay Judson provides a rigorous translation of this important book and a detailed philosophical commentary.
Lindsay Judson has been an Official Student and Associate Professor in Philosophy at Christ Church, Oxford, since 1987. He works principally on Aristotle's metaphysics and natural philosophy and on Plato, and is the General Editor of the Clarendon Aristotle Series and of Oxford Aristotle Studies. Recent publications include chapters in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 54 (Oxford 2018), The Oxford Handbook of Plato, Second Edition (Oxford 2018), Aristotle's Physics I: A Systematic Exploration (Cambridge 2018), and Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 49 (Oxford 2015). He is currently working on a book on Plato's Euthyphro and on articles on Aristotelian matter and on Aristotle's De Caelo.
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Abbreviations Introduction Translation Notes on the text Commentary Chapter 1: 1069a18-b2 1069b3-7 and Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapters 4-5 Chapters 6-7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Select bibliography English-Greek glossary Greek-English glossary Index locorum General index
