Negativna kritika suvremenih interpretacija Aristotelove Metafizike / Negative Critique of Contemporary Interpretations of Aristotle’s Metaphysics

Abstract

The history of Aristotle’s writings, posthumously collected, edited, published and named Metaphysics, is the history of its interpretations. From the first commentaries on Aristotle’s Metaphysics to its contemporary interpretations, there is a two-thousand-year-long tradition. However, the tradition of interpreting Aristotle’s search for the sought-after science is such that in modern times it is reduced to a discussion of the relationship between E and Λ books of Metaphysics through the relationship between ontology and theology in Aristotle’s system. In this paper, we will present the sought-after science as a fundamental issue in Metaphysics, a brief sketch of Metaphysics and the historical problems of the E and Λ books. This paper aims to prove the negative teachings of posthumously published Aristotle’s writings through a critique of their modern interpretations that present the sought-after science in Aristotle’s project as negative i.e. unfinishable and as evidently unfinished.