“An admirable contribution to a contentious set of topics.” (Frank A. This essay is a focused piece of scholarship that leads the reader to Dahl’s convincing conclusion that ‘according to Z, substantial forms constitute substantial being in the sensible world, and individual composites are the basic constituents that have that kind of being.’” (Aryeh Kosman, John Whitehead Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Haverford College, USA) Dahl expertly leads the reader through the intricacies of Zeta’s arguments, chapter by chapter, making clear its difficulties and revealing how a coherent interpretation of the book can be seen to emerge.
“Norman Dahl offers a thorough, detailed and sophisticated analysis of Book 7 (Zeta, as it’s commonly known) of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, a book of the Metaphysics universally recognized to be both central to its project and difficult to understand.
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