Translation and Commentary of Aristotle's Metaphysics Books VII, VIII, IX

我已经完成了亚里士多德《形而上学》的中心第七、八、九卷的翻译。虽然在日本，这本书在1942年和1959年有两个译本，但从那时起已经过去了半个世纪。在这一时期，对亚里士多德的研究在质量和数量上都有了迅速的发展。通过我自己的翻译尝试，我意识到整本书的新译本必须在适当的时候完成。我发现以前的日文译本有许多不一致之处。我还附上了四篇类似评论的文章。在第一篇文章中，我主要基于第七本书讨论了Being。在第二篇类似评论的文章中，我研究了第七卷中的基质和物质。在第三篇文章中，我通过分析亚里士多德关于力量和运动的概念，研究了他关于存在的模态概念，如潜能、活动和完美的实际状态。这项工作主要是关于第九册的。在第四篇文章中，我论证了“本质”一词是如何在他对存在的分析中被创造出来的。通过这些研究，我意识到亚里士多德关于存在的思想是多么的微妙和稳定。这本书通过发展物质、形式、潜力和完美实际状态的理论，为随后几个世纪的形而上学研究奠定了坚实的基础。这些分析存在的工具，过去是，将来也会是任何关于存在的哲学思考的标准，存在就是我们生活的整个环境。

I have completed the translation of the central books VII, VIII, IX of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Although in Japan, there are two translations of this Book in 1942 and 1959, it has passed about half century since then. In this period, study of Aristotle has rapidly advanced in terms of quality and quantity. I have realized through the attempt of my own translation that the new translation of the entire books must be done in due course. I have found many disagreements with the previous translations in Japanese. I also attached four commentary-like articles. In the first article, I discussed on Being based on mainly book VII. In the second commentary like article, I investigated on substratum and matter in the book VII.3. In the third article, I worked on Aristotle's modal notions of being such as potentiality, activity and perfect actual state through the analysis of his notions of power and movement. This work is mainly on the Book IX. In the fourth article, I argued how the phrase "essence" is coined in his analysis of Being. Through these studies, I have realized how subtle and steady Aristotle made advance in his thought on Being. This book set the steady foundation for the subsequent study of Metaphysics for centuries by developing the theory of matter and form and potentiality and perfect actual state. These instrument of analysis of Being have been and will be the standard for any philosophical thought on Being, that is entire circumstance in which we live.