A second book is known as the supplement to on the soul mantissa. Alexander of aphrodisias s most popular book is on aristotles metaphysics. Alexander of aphrodisias was a peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the ancient. Alexander of aphrodisias has 44 books on goodreads with 3 ratings. Alexander of aphrodisias and the text of aristotles.
On aristotle metaphysics 1 ancient commentators on aristotle 9780715622438. The commentary on book 1 has the further interest that over half of it is devoted to aristotles discussion of plato. Alexander, due to his meticulous and philosophically astute exegesis of a wide range of aristotles texts, in logic, physics, psychology, metaphysics and ethical topics, became known as the exemplary commentator throughout later antiquity and the arabic tradition. Pdf alexander of aphrodisias on aristotles theory of the stoic. Alexander of aphrodisiass most popular book is on aristotles metaphysics.
Alexander of aphrodisias writes the greatest ancient commentaries on aristotle and tries to demolish the stoic teaching on fate. He wrote many commentaries on the works of aristotle, extant are those on the prior analytics, topics, meteorology, sense and sensibilia, and metaphysics. This first edition by aristotle is available at bauman rare books. Alexander of aphrodisiass commentary about ad 200 is the earliest extant commentary on aristotles metaphysics and the most important indirect witness to the metaphysics text. Alexander of aphrodisias was the greatest exponent of aristotelianism after aristotle, and his commentary on metaphysics 15 is the most substantial commentary on the metaphysics to have survived from antiquity. Pdf alexander of aphrodisias commentaries on aristotles organon are valuable sources for. The paper investigates the influence of aristotelian metaphysics, especially of the. Pdf alexander of aphrodisias on aristotles theory of.
Alexander of aphrodisias was a peripatetic philosopher and the most celebrated of the ancient greek commentators on the writings of aristotle. This first edition by aristotle, thomas taylor is available at bauman rare books. This study is the first booklength examination of a commentary as a witness to an ancient philosophical text. Book 5 of the metaphysics is important because it consists of definitions of the main uses of key terms in aristotles philosophy, and it is extremely valuable to have a commentary on this important text by alexander of aphrodisias, the leading commentator of his school. Aristotle was a systematic writer who often crossreferred to the definitions of terms given elsewhere in his work. Alexander of aphrodisias, commentary on the metaphysics, ed.
He was a native of aphrodisias in caria, and lived and taught in athens at the beginning of the 3rd century, where he held a position as head of the peripatetic school. Dooley, 1989 alexander of aphrodisias on aristotle metaphysics 23 translated by w. Alexander of aphrodisias greek philosopher britannica. Alexander of aphrodisias stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Books by alexander of aphrodisias author of on aristotles. Alexander of aphrodisias was the greatest exponent of aristotelianism after aristotle, and his commentary on metaphysics 15 is the most. Metaphysics of aristotle, translated from the greek first. Metaphysics of aristotle, translated from the greek rare book for sale.
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