Aristotelianism in the First Century Bce - Xenarchus of Seleucia

Informationen zum Autor Andrea Falcon is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Montréal. He is the author of Aristotle and the Science of Nature: Unity without Uniformity (Cambridge, 2005) and Corpi e Movimenti: Il De Caelo di Aristotele e la sua Traditione nel Mondo Antico (2001). Klappentext A full study of the surviving evidence for Xenarchus of Seleucia, one of the earliest interpreters of Aristotle. Zusammenfassung This book examines the reception of Aristotle in antiquity through a full study of the surviving evidence for Xenarchus of Seleucia! an early interpreter. It argues that the novelty and audacity of Aristotle's philosophy are fully revealed by investigating its often mixed reception in the early stages of the Peripatetic tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Xenarchus: the man, his work, and his influence in antiquity; 2. Texts, translations, and notes; Conclusion; Appendix. Vestiges of Xenarchus in the Middle Ages.

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• Authors: Andrea Falcon, Andrea (Concordia University Falcon, Falcon Andrea
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9780521876506
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87650-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History of Science, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500