Ammonius Interpretation Of Porphyry S Introduction To Aristotle S Five Terms

Author : Michael Chase
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
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Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Philosophy
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Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms by Michael Chase Pdf

One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius' school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different works. Ammonius' lecture expounded the most celebrated and discussed previous introduction written by Porphyry 200 years earlier, which was devoted to five main technical terms of Aristotle's logic. Ammonius was sympathetic to Porphyry because they both sought to harmonise the views of Plato and Aristotle with each other, arguing in different ways that the two philosophers did not disagree about the nature of universals. Porphyry's introduction was a hugely influential work for centuries after its composition, and this commentary by Ammonius served to maintain its position at the centre of later schools of philosophy. This English translation of Ammonius' work is the latest volume in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series and makes this philosophical work accessible to a modern readership. The translation is accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography, glossary of translated terms and a subject index.

Author : Ammonius (Hermiae)
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Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1350089257

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Interpretation of Porphyry's Introduction to Aristotle's Five Terms by Ammonius (Hermiae) Pdf

One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius' school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different works.

Author : Michael Chase
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350089228

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Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms by Michael Chase Pdf

One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius' school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different works. Ammonius' lecture expounded the most celebrated and discussed previous introduction written by Porphyry 200 years earlier, which was devoted to five main technical terms of Aristotle's logic. Ammonius was sympathetic to Porphyry because they both sought to harmonise the views of Plato and Aristotle with each other, arguing in different ways that the two philosophers did not disagree about the nature of universals. Porphyry's introduction was a hugely influential work for centuries after its composition, and this commentary by Ammonius served to maintain its position at the centre of later schools of philosophy. This English translation of Ammonius' work is the latest volume in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series and makes this philosophical work accessible to a modern readership. The translation is accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography, glossary of translated terms and a subject index.

Author : Yury Arzhanov
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 208 pages
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Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783111388168

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Porphyry in Syriac by Yury Arzhanov Pdf

In 2021, a previously unknown treatise by Porphyry of Tyre, which has been preserved in a Syriac translation, was made available to historians of philosophy: Porphyry, On Principles and Matter (De Gruyter, 2021). This text not only enlarges our knowledge of the legacy of the most prominent disciple of Plotinus but also serves as an important witness to Platonist discussions of first principles and of Plato’s concept of prime matter in the Timaeus. The aim of the present volume of collected studies is two-fold. On the one hand, it brings up an update to the state of the art of our knowledge of Porphyry’s philosophy and of his role in the transmission of the earlier philosophical materials, especially those of the Middle Platonic works. On the other hand, it focuses on the questions of the reception of Porphyry’s legacy, both by Greek and Latin Platonists (with special interest in Calcidius) and by Christian Oriental authors (with particular focus on the Syriac tradition). The primary audience of the book will be scholars and graduate students in ancient and late ancient Greek philosophy, Orientalists and scholars interested in the Christian reception of Greek philosophy, in the studies of the Christian Orient, as well as in Greek, Latin, and Syriac philology.

Author : David L. Blank
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 213 pages
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Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472501844

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Ammonius: On Aristotle On Interpretation 1-8 by David L. Blank Pdf

Aristotle's On Interpretation, the centrepiece of his logic, examines the relationship between conflicting pairs of statements. The first eight chapters, analysed in this volume, explain what statements are, starting from their basic components - the words - and working up to the character of opposed affirmations and negations. Ammonius, who in his capacity as Professor at Alexandria from around AD 470 taught almost all the great sixth-century commentators, left just this one commentary in his own name, although his lectures on other works of Aristotle have been written up by his pupils, who included Philoponus and Asclepius. His ideas on Aristotle's On Interpretation were derived from his own teacher, Proclus, and partly from the great lost commentary of Porphyry. The two most important extant commentaries on On Interpretation, of which this is one (the other being by Boethius) both draw on Porphyry's work, which can be to some extent reconstructed for them

Author : David L. Blank,Norman Kretzmann
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781780938608

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Ammonius: On Aristotle On Interpretation 9 with Boethius: On Aristotle On Interpretation 9 by David L. Blank,Norman Kretzmann Pdf

This book is about determinisism. It contains the two most important commentaries on the determinists' sea battle argument, and on other deterministic arguments besides. It includes the earliest full exposition of the Reaper argument for determinism, and a discussion of whether there can be changeless knowledge of the passage of time. It also contains the two fullest expositions of the idea that it is not truth, but only definite truth, that would imply determinism. Ammonius and Boethius both wrote commentaries on Aristotle's On Interpretation and on its ninth chapter, where Aristotle discusses the sea battle. Their comments are crucial, for Ammonius' commentary influenced the Islamic the Islamic Middle Ages, while that of Boethius was of equal importance to medieval Latin-speaking philosophers. It was once argued that Boethius was influenced by Ammonius, but these translations are published together in this volume to enable the reader to see clearly that this was not the case. Ammonius draws on the fourth- and fifth-century Neoplatonists lamblichus, Syrianus, and Proclus. He arranges his argument around three major deterministic arguments and is our main source for one of them, the Reaper argument, which has hitherto received insufficient attention. Boethius, on the other hand, draws on controversies from 300 years earlier between Stoics and Aristotelians as recorded by Alexander of Aphrodisias and Porphyry. This volume is essential reading for all those with an interest in the history of determinism. Ammonius' commentary on the first eight chapters of Aristotle's On Interpretation has appeared in a previously published volume in this series, translated by David Blank.

Author : S.Marc Cohen,Gareth B. Matthews
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781780933771

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Ammonius: On Aristotle Categories by S.Marc Cohen,Gareth B. Matthews Pdf

The philosophical problems considered by Ammonius offer a unique insight into Aristotle's Categories. They exercise the mind and deepen understanding of the subject matter.

Author : C.C. Evangeliou
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004320703

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Aristotle's Categories and Porphyry by C.C. Evangeliou Pdf

Author : Ammonius (Hermiae.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Categories (Philosophy)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041110912

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On Aristotle's Categories by Ammonius (Hermiae.) Pdf

Author : Ammonius,S. Marc Cohen
Publisher : Ancient Commentators on Aristo
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015024803937

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On Aristotle Categories by Ammonius,S. Marc Cohen Pdf

"Ammonius, who taught most of the leading sixth-century Neoplatonists, introduced the methods of his own teacher, Proclus, from Athens to Alexandria. These are exemplified in his commentaries: for instance, in the set of ten introductory questions prefixed to this commentary, which became standard. The commentary is interesting for the light it sheds on the religious situation in Alexandria. It used to be said that the Alexandrian Neoplatonist school was allowed to remain open after the Athenian school closed because Ammonius has agreed with the Christian authorities to keep quiet about his religious views. On the contrary, as this commentary shows he freely declared his belief in the Neoplatonist deities. The philosophical problems considered by Ammonius offer a unique insight into Aristotle's Categories. They exercise the mind and deepen understanding of the subject matter. Modern readers would do well to put the same questions to themselves."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Author : Porphyry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1678195812

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Porphyry, Introduction by Porphyry Pdf

The Introduction to the Categories of Aristotle by the 3rd century philosophy Porphyry is the first book studied in the Classical Reasoning program in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. In this student edition, the text is provided with helpful divisions to improve understanding.

Author : Porphyry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:283663121

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Porphyry's Introduction to the Predicaments of Aristotle by Porphyry Pdf

Author : David L. Blank
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1780932073

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Ammonius: On Aristotle On Interpretation 10–14 by David L. Blank Pdf

This commentary of Ammonius (c. 440-520 AD) on Aristotle On Interpretation discusses philosophical ideology and is the only commentary written out and published by Ammonius, professor of philosophy in Alexandria.

Author : Porphyry
Publisher : Pims
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Categories (Philosophy)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040446820

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Porphyry the Phoenician: Isagoge by Porphyry Pdf

Author : Ammonius Saccas (of Alexandria.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Categories (Philosophy)
ISBN : 1472500067

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On Aristotle Categories by Ammonius Saccas (of Alexandria.) Pdf

"Ammonius, who taught most of the leading sixth-century Neoplatonists, introduced the methods of his own teacher, Proclus, from Athens to Alexandria. These are exemplified in his commentaries: for instance, in the set of ten introductory questions prefixed to this commentary, which became standard. The commentary is interesting for the light it sheds on the religious situation in Alexandria. It used to be said that the Alexandrian Neoplatonist school was allowed to remain open after the Athenian school closed because Ammonius has agreed with the Christian authorities to keep quiet about his religious views. On the contrary, as this commentary shows he freely declared his belief in the Neoplatonist deities. The philosophical problems considered by Ammonius offer a unique insight into Aristotle's Categories. They exercise the mind and deepen understanding of the subject matter. Modern readers would do well to put the same questions to themselves."--Bloomsbury Publishing.