A Companion to the Latin Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Metaphysics

Few philosophical books have been so influential in the development of Western thought as Aristotle's Metaphysics. In fourteen substantial essays this volume reconstructs the late medieval reception of this work, by focusing on the main medieval commentators and a common set of metaphysical topics.

About the author

Fabrizio Amerini is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Parma (Italy). He has published extensively on medieval logic, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. His latest publication is Thomas Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life, (Harvard 2013).

Gabriele Galluzzo received his Ph.D. from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2004). He is currently a Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Exeter. His areas of interest include Aristotle's Metaphysics and its medieval reception, as well as contemporary metaphysics.

Product details

• Assisted by: Fabrizio Amerini (Editor), Gabriele Galluzzo (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9789004261280
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26128-0
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 43 mm
• Weight: 1188 g
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Chri
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works