S. Strange

Porphyry: On Aristotle Categories (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Porphyry (AD 232/3 - C.305) is of crucial importance for the history of Aristotelian studies. Born in Tyre and a student of Plotinus in Rome, he later defended Aristotle's Categories against Plotinus, arguing that they were entirely compatible with Platonism. His intervention was decisive: the Categories became a basic textbook of logic for all subsequent Neoplatonist teaching and influenced both the Arabic and Western Traditions. Boethius drew heavily on Porphyry's treatment. The full commentary is lost, but a shorter version survives and is translated here.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 191
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780934327
• Artikelnr.: 40660876

Autorenporträt

Steven K. Strange is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.