From Aristotle to Heidegger: Metaphysics Cannot Die

One could argue that the aim of this article is an existential ontologization of metaphysics, if «metaphysical» is what exists beyond the boundaries of possible experience. This is pursued through a reflection on the reasons which may have led Aristotle to claim, in Metaphysics Lambda, that the πρῶτον κινοῦν ἀκίνητον («unmoved mover») is marked by some specific traits, the crucial of which consists in its being an eternal «νόησις» («thinking»). In the article, also Aristotle’s «χωριστὸς» («separate») gains a possible meaning, which reveals itself in its difference from metaphysical being.