This book aims to present a completely new approach to Aristotle’s Metaphysics Λ. For the past two thousand years, this book has been considered the foundation of Aristotle’s theology, which is centered on an ‘Unmoved Mover’ – an expression never used by Aristotle – whose activity is said to be ‘Thinking of Thinking.’ Anyone who has ever actually read the original will be aware that Met. Λ has nothing to do with theology and the word ‘god’ appears far less often than the transla- tions would have us believe. Further, whenever it does appear (the first time being 1072b24), it is introduced as a benchmark for knowledge and for a form of life, to be compared with human knowledge and life. […]

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