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The volumes of ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. "Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Cratylus" is only ancient commentary on this work to have come down to us. This work consists of excerpts from Proclus' commentary.
Aristotle's "Posterior Analytics" elaborates the notions of science and the requirements for the distinctive kind of knowledge scientists possess. This book explores the foundations of Aristotle's theory, pointing out the similarities and differences between scientific and other types of knowledge, and establishing the need for basic principles.
Reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato. This book shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science, was conceived by the Neoplatonic philosopher of Late Antiquity.
Discusses the core ideas in Aristotle's account of change, his theory of the continuum, and his doctrine of the unmoved mover. This book covers the central features of Aristotle's physical theory, synthesized and epitomized in a manner that has always marked Aristotelian exegesis.
15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle constitute one of the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings. This work looks at Proclus' reply, which is one of the remarkable discussions on fate, providence and free choice in Late Antiquity. This work is an English translation that brings the arguments he formulates.
Syrianus attacked Aristotle in his commentary on Books 13 and 14 of the "Metaphysics". This is because in "Metaphysics 13-14", Aristotle himself was being polemical towards Platonism. In reply, Syrianus gives an account of mathematical number and of geometrical entities, and of how all of these are processed in the mind.
Aspasius' commentary on the "Nicomachean Ethics"is one of the oldest surviving Greek commentary on any of Aristotle's works, dating to the middle of the second century AD. It offers insight into the thinking and pedagogical methods of the Peripatetic school in the early Roman Empire. This work is a translation of Aspasius' work.
This translation into English of part of the commentary of the sixth-century philosopher Philoponus on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics deals with the important topic of explanation though scientific demonstration.
This is Part I of the first English translation of the philosopher Alexander of Aphrodisias' treatise On the Soul, the latest volume in this highly regarded series, The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle.
The first translation into English of this part of the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics, which deals with the treatment of matter.
Examines Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's theory of elemental chemistry in the "Timaeus". This book identifies fifteen objections by Aristotle to Plato's views on weight in the four elements.
Presents Simplicius' selection of Presocratic texts. This book criticizes the lost commentary of the leading Aristotelian commentator, Alexander.
Contains Aristotle's Philosophy of Science.
Explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come into being out of nothing, and if so, in what sense that is true.
Explains some of Aristotle's more opaque assertions and discusses post-Aristotelian ideas in semantics and the philosophy of language. It provides an insight into the way in which these disciplines developed in the Hellenistic era. He also shows a more sophisticated understanding of these fields than Aristotle himself.
In his commentary on the final chapter translated in this volume, the author provides an insightful account of Aristotle's criticism of Plato's method of division. His discussion helps readers follow Aristotle's difficult presentation.
The "Supplement" transmitted as the second book of "On the Soul" by Alexander of Aphrodisias is a collection of short texts on a wide range of topics from psychology; questions in ethics; and issues relating to responsibility, chance and fate.
The "Supplement" transmitted as the second book of "On the Soul" by Alexander of Aphrodisias is a collection of short texts on a wide range of topics from psychology;questions in ethics;and issues relating to responsibility, chance and fate.
In 'On The Soul' 2.1-6, Aristotle gives a very different account of the soul from Plato's by tying the soul to the body. He defines soul and life by reference to the capacities for using food to maintain structure and reproduce, for perceiving and desiring. Philoponus gives a 'cognitive' view.
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