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》的第七、八、九卷的翻译工作。虽然在日本，这本书有两个翻译在1942年和1959年，它已经过去了大约半个世纪。在这一时期，亚里士多德研究无论在质和量上都有了长足的发展。通过自己的翻译尝试，我意识到整本书的新翻译必须在适当的时候完成。我发现了许多与以前的日文翻译不一致的地方。我还附上了四篇评论类文章。在第一篇文章中，我主要根据第七卷讨论了存在。在第二篇评论类文章中，我考察了《VII.3》中的底层和物质。在第三篇文章中，我通过对亚里士多德的力量和运动概念的分析，研究了他的存在的模态概念，如潜在性、活动性和完美的现实状态。这项工作主要是在书九。在第四篇文章中，我讨论了“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，我体会到亚里士多德的存在论思想是如何微妙而又稳健地向前推进的。《形而上学》发展了物质、形式、潜能的理论，完善了现实状态，为后来的形而上学研究奠定了坚实的基础。这些分析存在的工具已经并将成为任何关于存在的哲学思想的标准，即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.