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'This is an excellent book, written with great lucidity and engaging the reader directly with the problems of Aristotle's Metaphysics… The book reads with ease, even at the most difficult of stages. I found it positively enjoyable to read.'Mary Margaret McCabe, Kings College, London'[This book] is well written and philosophically acute. It will prove a most worthwhile addition to the series, and will be helpful for undergraduates and graduates taking options in Aristotle's Metaphysics.'David Charles, Oxford UniversityAristotle is perhaps the most important figure in Western philosophy and his Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy.Aristotle and the Metaphysics introduces and assesses:

• Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics

• The ideas and text of the Metaphysics

• The continuing importance of Aristotle's work to philosophy.

Vasilis Politis is lecturer of philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.