In Metaphysics 2.2, 994b21-27 Aristotle comments on how it is possible to think something that is infinitely divisible. Given that Aristotle denies elsewhere that it is possible to think an infinite number of items the passage offers important evidence for Aristotle’s positive account of how one can think something that is infinite. However, Aristotle’s statement in Metaphysics 2.2 has puzzled interpreters since antiquity. This puzzlement has been partly due to a textual problem in the passage. In this paper we first restore the original reading of Metaph . 2.2, 994b25-26 by making use of the evidence in Alexander of Aphrodisias’s commentary and second make sense of the restored passage by interpreting it in light of Aristotle’s thoughts on the infinite in Physics 3 and 8.

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如何思考无限：亚里斯多德的新读和诠释，形而上学2.2，994b21-27

在《形而上学2.2》中，994b21-27亚里斯多德评论了如何思考无限可分的事物。鉴于亚里斯多德在其他地方否认有可能思考无数个项目的可能性，这段话为亚里斯多德积极思考人们如何思考无限的事物提供了重要的证据。但是，自上古以来，亚里士多德在《形而上学2.2》中的陈述一直困扰着解释者。这种困惑部分是由于文章中的文字问题。在本文中，我们首先恢复Metaph的原始阅读。2.2，994b25-26，利用了性欲的亚历山大的评论，第二则通过根据亚里士多德对物理学3和8中的无穷大的思想的解释来解释恢复的段落。