The Medieval Reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle’s __Metaphysics__ (2 vol. set): Vol. 1: Aristotle’s Ontology and the Middle Ages: The Tradition of __Met__., Book Zeta // Vol. 2: Pauli Veneti __Expositio in duodecim libros Metaphisice Aristotelis__, 'Libe

Vol. 1: Aristotle’s Ontology and the Middle Ages: The Tradition of Met., Book Zeta Vol. 2: Pauli Veneti Expositio in Duodecim Libros Metaphisice Aristotelis, ’Liber VII’ Focusing on the medieval reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Volume One of this work offers an unprecedented and philosophically oriented study of medieval ontology against the background of the current metaphysical debate on the nature of material objects. Volume Two makes available to scholars one of the culminating points in the medieval reception of Aristotle’s metaphysical thought by presenting the first critical edition of Book VII of Paul of Venice’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics (1420-1424).” "Focusing on the medieval reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Volume One of this work offers an unprecedented and philosophically oriented study of medieval ontology against the background of the current metaphysical debate on the nature of material objects. Volume Two makes available to scholars one of the culminating points in the medieval reception of Aristotle’s metaphysical thought by presenting the first critical edition of Book VII of Paul of Venice’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics (1420-1424)."-- Publisher's website Introduction..............1 1 Substance in Aristotles Metaphysics Book Zeta..............19 2 Substance in Averroess Long Commentary on the Metaphysics Book VII..............141 3 Aquinass understanding of Metaphysics Z..............235 4 Albert the Greats Metaphysics Book VII..............325 5 Alexander of Alexandria and Paul of Venice..............385 6 Paul of Venice As a Reader of Averroes The Case of Essence and Definition..............421 Summaries of the Text Paul of Venices Commentary on the Metaphysics..............467