Part One: The approach to the Aristotelian treatment of being -- The problem of being in the Metaphysics -- The nature and composition of the Metaphysics--The nature of the Metaphysical treatises--The methodical sequence of the treatises-- The chronological order of the treatises-- The Aristotelian equivocale--The English translation of Aristotelian terms-- The science of separate entity-- The science of the four causes (Book A)--The Aporematic treatment of the causes (Book B)-- The science of being qua Being (Book T-E 1)--The science of entity--The science of the divine-- Sensible entity as the way to separate entity-- The expressions of being--Being as in the categories --The expressions of entity-- Entity as substrate--Entity as form-- Form and universal--The form as cause-- The form as separate and a this book--Being as act,truth,and unity--Being as act--Being as truth-- The role of the central books in the main series-- Separate entity--The first principles -- Non-Aristotelian conceptions --The individuality and universality of the principles-- The Aristotelian separate entities-- The polemical conclusions -- The unmoved movers --Separate entity and being (conclusion).