 So far, Fârâbî’s description of metaphysics is ontological: theology is part of metaphysics, because theology is part of the study of being, namely the study of the first cause of existence. This allows Fârâbî to reconcile Aristotle’s saying in Metaphysics VI,1 that first philosophy is a science of being quâ being with his saying in the same chapter that first philosophy is theology. Unfortunately, this solution seems to conflict with something else Aristotle says in the same chapter, namely that