{"product_id":"the-metaphysics-by-aristotle-9780140446197","title":"The Metaphysics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e is Aristotle's probing look at the fundamental questions of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hardheaded view that all processes are ultimately material. He argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms. In so doing, he probed some of the deepest questions of philosophy: What is existence? How is change possible? And are there certain things that must exist for anything else to exist at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe seminal notions discussed in \u003cem\u003eThe Metaphysics\u003c\/em\u003e—of 'substance' and associated concepts of matter and form, essence and accident, potentiality and actuality—have had a profound and enduring influence, laying the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46504722825452,"sku":"9780140446197","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27349743482237.jpg?v=1748652702","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-metaphysics-by-aristotle-9780140446197","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}