Aristotle Project Ep. 2 Book A.2 - 2020-07-27, 07.14
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In this conversation Ada and Adam discuss the idea of how some knowledge is "deeper", "higher", or "wider" than another, especially the science of first philosophy which Aristotle claims is deeper or more primary than natural science, math or any other science. Our text will be chapter 2 of Metaphysics Book A.
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