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The passages which seem to state the program, at least for the greater parts of the prote philosophia, are contained in the first two chapters of Book G of the Metaphysics.
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cf. N. Hartmann, op. cit., p. 41: ‘Aristoteles hattc daher ganz Recht, die Prote Philosophia als Wissenschaft vom δν ή ôv zu bezeichnen’ … p. 42: ‘Man darf sich diese Formel ohne weiteres zu eigen machen. Sie ist zwar sehr formal, aber in ihrer Art unuebertreffich’.
cf. Meta., 981b, 29-982a, 1-3.
cf. Ibid., 993a, 15.
We translate φύσεως τίνος as the Possessive Genetive of φύσις τις.
Note the Genetive Plural.
Note the Genetive Singular.
Note the Singular.
διό και ήμΐν του 6ντος ή ον τας πρώτας αίτιας ληπτέον.
W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Vol. VIII, ?-D Book I, Ch. 2.
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Marx, W. (1954). The Formula of Ontology. In: The Meaning of Aristotle’s ‘Ontology’. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9504-1_2
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