Aristotle’s Metaphysics | Resources – The Platonic Academy of Melbourne

Class Times: 6.30 to 8 pm (Melbourne time) Thursday 24, 31 October & 7, 14, 21, 28 November

Venue: Meeting Room 2, Kathleen Syme Centre, 251 Faraday St, Carlton.

Online with zoom: zoom link for all six classes
In case of internet disruption, dial-in +61 2 8015 6011 | Meeting ID: 899 0312 0650 | Passcode: 395582

See the Course outline for options for accessing a good translation and for the weekly readings.

Catch-up Recordings

Go to the YouTube playlist for all recordings or follow the links below

Week 1

Session 1 | Introduction to Metaphysics | page 980a – 983a25

Week 2

Session 2 | The Four Causes and the First Philosophers | page 983a25 – 985b23

On the division between Revealed Religion and Natural Science in the Middle Ages, see St Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Contra Gentiles, especially Chapter 3 from page 63. I can speak more about this next week.

For more on Ramon Llull, start with the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry.

Aristotle’s “On Sense and Sensible Objects” is in Parva Naturalia, which is bound with On the Soul in this Loeb Edition. I can bring it in if anyone is interested.

Week 3

Session 3 | The Mathematicians | page 985b24 to 988a15

Week 4

Session 4 | Review of prior metaphysics | page 988a15 to 993a25 (end Bk I)

Week 5

Session 5 | First Principles | page 995a to 999a25

Week 6

Session 6 | Universals | Page 999a to 103a20 (end Bk Beta)

Adrian mentioned: Aristotle A Graphic Biography.