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"A satisfying and highly accessible exposition of major topics in contemporary metaphysics. Rescher achieves a remarkable synthesis that sensitively integrates Aristotelian realism with a Kantian justification of presuppositions about the existence of a common external world. Rigorously argued with detailed excursions into vital concepts concerning our knowledge of reality, its complexity, lawfulness, and modality, this new book will be profitably read by students and professionals for its valuable insights and new directions in scientific ontology and epistemology." -- Dale Jacquette, Professor of Philosophy, The Pennsylvania State University --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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"Madigan's volume accomplishes what it aims to do...with its close and careful consideration of the text and its many new proposals for reading specific passages, this volume will be greatly appreciated by those undertaking their own serious study..."--The Review of Metaphysics
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (June 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140446192
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140446197
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars right review, wrong book, January 20, 2000
Amazon.com, for reasons best known to themselves, have put my review of the Prometheus books translation of Metaphysics under the Penguin books translation (see below). Just to make things perfectly clear, the Prometheus books translation is bad, the Penguin books translation is good. Now, no matter where they put this, the truth will out.
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2.0 out of 5 stars a word to the wise, July 26, 2007
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This translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics is published by NuVision Publications, which says that they are "specializing in rare, out-of-print books still in demand." The translator is W. D. Ross, and the translation was first published by Oxford University Press in the early nineteen thirties. It was later republished by Random House under the editorship of Richard McKeon. It seems that the translation is now in the public domain since the title page has no data on copyright. NuVision is to be commended for making available classics that are out of print. But they have hardly done justice to W. D. Ross. I have only made my way through Book III (out of XIV)of the Metaphysics, but I am distressed by too frequent errors of punctuation, omission of words, change of word order, and a total mangling of the last paragraph of Book III that makes it altogther unintelligible. Aristotle deserves better, and so does the reputation of W. D. Ross.
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4.0 out of 5 stars "New Translation", April 1, 2001
This book doesn't touch the quality of Jonathan Barnes or Richard McKeon, but it has an admirable and enamoring quality to it. Those of us familiar with reading lots and lots of Aristotle, recognize in the Stagirite a personality that "philosophy" isn't always interested in.

This translation attempts to bring out more of this personality. I wouldn't recommend this book to a beginner in Aristotle. However, those of us old friends of A's will find this a bit amusing and lovable. Resist the urge to be offended by the liberal translation, and look instead with a bemused eye.

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