* Scholarly surveys of focused topics from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: articles on Aristotle, Aristotle in the Renaissance, Biology, Causality, Commentators on Aristotle, Ethics, Logic, Mathematics, Metaphysics, Natural philosophy, Non-contradiction, Political theory, Psychology, Rhetoric

He wrote many commentaries on the works of Aristotle, extant are those on the Prior Analytics, Topics, Meteorology, Sense and Sensibilia, and Metaphysics.

In 1989 the first part of his On Aristotle Metaphysics was published as part of the Ancient commentators project.

* W. E. Dooley, 1989, Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Metaphysics 1.

* W. E. Dooley, A. Madigan, 1992, Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Metaphysics 2-3.

* A. Madigan, 1993, Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Metaphysics 4.

* W. Dooley, 1993, Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Metaphysics 5.

It is noteworthy that Socrates ( Plato, Phaedo, 98 B ) accuses Anaxagoras of failing to differentiate between nous and psyche, while Aristotle ( Metaphysics, Book I ) objects that his nous is merely a deus ex machina to which he refuses to attribute design and knowledge.

Similarly, in the Metaphysics, Aristotle found that the universal elements of beauty were order, symmetry, and definiteness.

Aristotle knew of this tradition when he began his Metaphysics, and had already drawn his own conclusion, which he presented under the guise of asking what being is :" And indeed the question which was raised of old is raised now and always, and is always the subject of doubt, viz., what being is, is just the question, what is substance?

Aristotle argued against the idea of a first cause, often confused with the idea of a " prime mover " or " unmoved mover " ( or primus motor ) in his Physics and Metaphysics.

Aristotle ( Metaphysics 983b – 987a ) believed that the question of first causes may even have started with Hesiod ( Theogony 116 – 53 ) and Homer ( Iliad 14. 201, 246 ).

However, Aristotle himself did not call the subject of these books " Metaphysics ": he referred to it as " first philosophy.

Metaphysics as a discipline was a central part of academic inquiry and scholarly education even before the age of Aristotle, who considered it " the Queen of Sciences.

Aristotle in his Metaphysics argues for the existence of an " unmoved mover ", an argument taken up in medieval scholastics.

Benjamin Jowett ), a view which is echoed by Aristotle in his Metaphysics 982b12: " It was their wonder, astonishment, that first led men to philosophize and still leads them.

In his Metaphysics, Aristotle stated: " To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true ".

In his Metaphysics, Aristotle addressed the existence of gods.

* Aristotle, Metaphysics ( link )

Particularly important ( not least for its influence upon others, both in their interpretation of Aristotle and in rehabilitating a neo-Aristotelian " practical philosophy ") was his radical reinterpretation of Book Six of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and several books of the Metaphysics.

Aristotle handled the topic of infinity in Physics and in Metaphysics.

Aristotle, in his Metaphysics, defined wisdom as the understanding of causes, i. e. knowing why things are a certain way, which is deeper than merely knowing that things are a certain way.

Most of the still extant works of Aristotle, as well as a number of the original Greek commentaries, were translated into Arabic and studied by Muslim philosophers, scientists and scholars.

Several of Alexander's works were published in the Aldine edition of Aristotle, Venice, 1495 – 1498 ; his De Fato and De Anima were printed along with the works of Themistius at Venice ( 1534 ); the former work, which has been translated into Latin by Grotius and also by Schulthess, was edited by J. C. Orelli, Zürich, 1824 ; and his commentaries on the Metaphysica by H. Bonitz, Berlin, 1847.

* Ammonius: On Aristotle Categories, translated by S. M. Cohen and G. B. Matthews.

* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming-to-be and Perishing 1. 1-5, translated by C. J. F. Williams.

* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming-to-be and Perishing 1. 6-2. 4, translated by C. J. F. Williams.

* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2. 1-6, translated by W. Charlton.

* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2. 7-12, translated by W. Charlton.

* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 3. 1-8, translated by W. Charlton.

* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Intellect ( de Anima 3. 4-8 ), translated by W. Charlton.

The greatest names of the classical and patristic world are among those translated, edited or annotated by Erasmus, including Saint Ambrose, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Saint Basil, Saint John Chrysostom, Cicero and Saint Jerome.

Loïc Wacquant wrote that habitus is an old philosophical notion, originating in the thought of Aristotle, whose notion of hexis (" state ") was translated into habitus by the Medieval Scholastics.

Grosseteste's most famous disciple, Roger Bacon, wrote works citing a wide range of recently translated optical and philosophical works, including those of Alhazen, Aristotle, Avicenna, Averroes, Euclid, al-Kindi, Ptolemy, Tideus, and Constantine the African.

This book is of uncertain origin, but circulated in the Arabic world as a work of Aristotle, and was translated into Latin as such.

* The works of Aristotle and some early Muslim scientists are translated into Latin from Arabic, shortly before the Latin translations of the 12th century.

Both Merlin Donald and the Socratic authors such Plato and Aristotle emphasize the importance of mimesis, often translated as imitation or representation.

Before 1150 only a few translated works of Aristotle existed in Latin Europe ( i. e. excluding Greek Byzantium ), and they were not studied much or given as much credence by monastic scholars.

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives a lengthy account of the virtue phronesis ( Greek: ϕρονησιϛ ), which has traditionally been translated as " prudence ", although this has become increasingly problematic as the word has fallen out of common usage.

Aristotle identified pride ( megalopsuchia, variously translated as proper pride, greatness of soul and magnanimity ) as the crown of the virtues, distinguishing it from vanity, temperance, and humility, thus:

* Simplicius: On Aristotle, Categories 1-4, translated by Michael Chase ( 2003 ).

* Simplicius: On Aristotle, Categories 5-6, translated by Frans A. J.

* Simplicius: On Aristotle, Categories 7-8, translated by Barrie Fleet ( 2002 ).

* Simplicius: On Aristotle, Categories 9-15, translated by Richard Gaskin ( 2000 ).

* Simplicius: On Aristotle, On the Heavens 1. 1-4, translated by Robert J. Hankinson ( 2001 ).

* Simplicius: On Aristotle, On the Heavens 1. 3-4, translated by Ian Mueller ( 2011 ).