Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 13-14

Informationen zum Autor John Dillon is Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Syrianus attacked Aristotle in his commentary on Books 13 and 14 of the "Metaphysics". This is because in "Metaphysics 13-14", Aristotle himself was being polemical towards Platonism. In reply, Syrianus gives an account of mathematical number and of geometrical entities, and of how all of these are processed in the mind. A translation of Syrianus' philosophical commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics 13-14, with extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes. Zusammenfassung Syrianus attacked Aristotle in his commentary on Books 13 and 14 of the "Metaphysics". This is because in "Metaphysics 13-14", Aristotle himself was being polemical towards Platonism. In reply, Syrianus gives an account of mathematical number and of geometrical entities, and of how all of these are processed in the mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis ConventionsIntroductionTextual EmendationsTranslationNotesBibliographyEnglish-Greek GlossaryGreek-English IndexIndex of Concordances with Ps.-AlexanderIndex of Aristotelian and Platonic PassagesSubject Index

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• Authors: Syrianus
• Assisted by: John Dillon (Translation), Dominic J. O'Meara (Translation), O'Meara Dominic J. (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2014
• EAN: 9781472558145
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-5814-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500