Themistius: On Aristotle Metaphysics 12

List of contents

Translator’s Acknowledgements
Conventions

Introduction

Textual Emendations
Translation

Notes
Bibliography

English-Hebrew-Arabic Glossary
Hebrew-Arabic-English Index
Arabic-Hebrew-English Index
Subject Index

About the author

Yoav Meyrav is a Research Associate at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Summary

This is the only commentary on Aristotle’s theological work, Metaphysics, Book 12, to survive from the first six centuries CE – the heyday of ancient Greek commentary on Aristotle. Though the Greek text itself is lost, a full English translation is presented here for the first time, based on Arabic versions of the Greek and a Hebrew version of the Arabic.

In his commentary Themistius offers an extensive re-working of Aristotle, confirming that the first principle of the universe is indeed Aristotle’s God as intellect, not the intelligibles thought by God. The identity of intellect with intelligibles had been omitted by Aristotle in Metaphysics 12, but is suggested in his Physics 3.3 and On the Soul 3, and later by Plotinus.

Laid out here in an accessible translation and accompanied by extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes, the work will be of interest for students and scholars of Neoplatonist philosophy, ancient metaphysics, and textual transmission.

Foreword

The first English translation of the only surviving commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Book 12, accompanied by extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Yoav Meyrav
• Assisted by: Michael Griffin (Editor), Yoav Meyrav (Editor), Richard Sorabji (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781350189294
• ISBN: 978-1-350-18929-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; Ancient Commentators on Aristo
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology