Download or read book Aristotle on Definition written by Marguerite Deslauriers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines Aristotle’s discussions of definition in his logical works and the Metaphysics, and argues for the importance of definitions of simple substances, drawing the connection between definitions as first principles of demonstration and as statements of essence.