Acknowledgements

pp.：  9 – 10

Introduction

pp.：  11 – 20

Chapter One: Aristotle on Division

pp.：  21 – 52

Plato on collection and division

pp.：  25 – 27

Aristotle on collection and division

pp.：  28 – 42

What is the object of definition by division?

pp.：  43 – 48

Problems

pp.：  49 – 52

Chapter Two: The Four Types of Definition

pp.：  53 – 90

Two objects of definition

pp.：  58 – 64

What is it to have something else as an aition?

pp.：  65 – 75

Simple objects and immediate definitions

pp.：  76 – 88

Conclusion

pp.：  89 – 90

Chapter Three: Definitions and Aitia

pp.：  91 – 122

Aitia and the structure of syllogistic and immediate definitions

pp.：  95 – 111

Why and how definitions with aitia are necessary

pp.：  112 – 120

Conclusion

pp.：  121 – 122

Chapter Four: Definition and its Object in the Metaphysics

pp.：  123 – 188

The problem of compounds and coupled items

pp.：  127 – 138

The unity of the definable form and of the definition

pp.：  139 – 147

Matter in the definable form

pp.：  148 – 166

Definitions and definable essences as universals

pp.：  167 – 185

Conclusion

pp.：  186 – 188

Chapter Five: Stating the Essence in the Topics

pp.：  189 – 220

Questions from the Metaphysics and the Posterior Analytics

pp.：  189 – 191

Can the Topics concern metaphysics or science?

pp.：  192 – 196

The Topics and definition

pp.：  197 – 198

Stating the essence in the Topics

pp.：  199 – 215

How the Topics answers the questions

pp.：  216 – 217

Two problems

pp.：  218 – 220

Conclusion

pp.：  221 – 222

Bibliography

pp.：  223 – 228

Index Locorum

pp.：  229 – 234

General Index

pp.：  235 – 240