ABSTRACT

In this paper I try to see the Gathic doctrine of dualism in the Metaphysics of Aristotle, Ch. VI, Book XI. I am aware that neither the translator of the Metaphysics, Rev. John H. McMahon, M.A., nor writers on Greek philosophy as Zeller in his Outlines of Greek Philosophy or Ferrier in his Lectures on Greek Philosophy have seen any allusion to the Gathic doctrine of dualism in Aristotle. My attempt therefore in this paper to see that doctrine in Aristotle may rightly be considered a very bold one. At any rate this attempt is a very poor one, seeing that I am not, in the correct sense of the word, a student of Aristotle’s writings. Fully aware of my incapacity, I have restricted myself in this attempt to chapter VI of Book XI.