I conclude that the right to the title of primary substance belongs to the following candidates in this order: sensible substances, essences, matter. and like them also those maintaining the one or the being to be such a nature consider it to be the cause of essence, yet do not consider that for this it. This new translation of Aristotles Metaphysics in its entirety is a model of accuracy and consistency, presented with a wealth of annotation and commentary. As a secondary task, I evaluate Aristotle's claim that essence is primary substance in the Metaphysics. I claim that Aristotle is able to maintain theses 1 and 2 without contradiction by giving matter a significant role to play in the solution. What is novel about my solution is that it allows Aristotle to maintain three important theses: (1) substance is particular, (2) knowledge is of universals, (3) the law of contradiction.

I conclude that essences are at once particular and universal. Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vols.17, 18, translated by Hugh Tredennick. 8 The view is referred to again in Aristot. For the most part I rely on Metaphysics Books 7 and 8 to find a solution and I treat the essences of natural beings in the context of a naturalized metaphysics. 7 In actualization the subject and object of thought (like those of perception, Aristot. This thesis proposes a solution to the fourteenth puzzle stated in Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 3, Chapter 6. Solution, fourteenth puzzle, Aristotle's metaphysics, naturalized, essenses, substance is particular, knowledge is of universals, law of contradiction

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