Metaphysics by Aristotle

The Metaphysics investigates what it means for something to exist and how change is possible. Aristotle develops the concepts of substance, matter and form, potentiality and actuality while examining competing explanations of reality.

Hugh Lawson-Tancred translates this Penguin Classics edition and supplies its introduction. The work belongs to classical Greek philosophy: it is an inquiry into being and first principles, rather than a modern spiritual or occult-practice guide.