Aristotle's metaphysics was largely a failed experiment with few ideas worth keeping
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Aristotle's metaphysics was largely a failed experiment with few ideas worth keeping 0 0 2and
The metaphysics is among the least read of all famous books 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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