Download or read book Aristotle's First Principles written by Terence Irwin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book emphasises the systemic character of Aristotle's philosophy by examining questions on metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy and mind and ethics. His reliance on dialectic as the method of philosophy appears to conflict with the metaphysical realist view of his conclusions.