Porphyry: On Aristotle Categories PDF
by S. Strange
Part of the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series
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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.
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- Format:PDF
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- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:10/04/2014
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- ISBN:9781780934327