The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Psychology (with ethics and religion)
Title | The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Psychology (with ethics and religion) PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sorabji |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780801489877 |
The third volume of this invaluable sourcebook covers three main subject areas. First, the metaphysics of Aristotle's logical works: the concepts of universal and particular underwent surprising transformations in this period, which gave rise to debates, still raging today, on personal survival after an interruption such as death. Second, logic in a more conventional sense: perhaps the most impressive debate was on the existence of the subject in singular and universal statements. There was also debate about the very different Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of syllogism, of modal logic, of induction, of the nature of mathematics, and of philosophy of language. Third, the higher metaphysics of the Neoplatonists taught Augustine, and indirectly Descartes, to look for truth within themselves. The Neoplatonists struggled with the question whether our higher intellectual selves have distinct individuality, and thus they fed both sides in the great medieval debate between Aquinas and the followers of Averroes on individual human immortality. All sources appear in English translation and are carefully linked and cross-referenced by editorial comment and explanation. Bibliographies are provided throughout.
The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Physics
Title | The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Physics PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sorabji |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780801489884 |
Physics in Neoplatonist thought, the subject which occupies the second volume of this sourcebook, was innovative: the world of space and time was causally ordered by a nonspatial, nontemporal world, and this view required original thinking
Aristotle Transformed
Title | Aristotle Transformed PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sorabji |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780801424328 |
The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics
Title | The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Logic and metaphysics PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sorabji |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780801489891 |
The third volume of this invaluable sourcebook covers three main subject areas: the metaphysics of Aristotle's logical works; logic; and the higher metaphysics of Neoplatonism.
Aristotle and His Commentators
Title | Aristotle and His Commentators PDF eBook |
Author | Pantelis Golitsis |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2019-01-29 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3110626691 |
This volume includes twelve studies by international specialists on Aristotle and his commentators. Among the topics treated are Aristotle’s political philosophy and metaphysics, the ancient and Byzantine commentators’ scholia on Aristotle’s logic, philosophy of language and psychology as well as studies of broader scope on developmentalism in ancient philosophy and the importance of studying Late Antiquity.
Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius
Title | Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius PDF eBook |
Author | Han Baltussen |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2013-12-12 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1472521455 |
This is the first book-length study in English of the interpretative and philosophical approach of the commentaries of Simplicius of Cilicia (c. AD 530). Simplicius' work, marked by doctrinal complexity and scholarship, is unusually self-conscious, learned and rich in its sources, and he is therefore one of those rare authors who is of interest to ancient philosophers, historians and classicists alike. Here, Han Baltussen argues that our understanding of Simplicius' methodology will be greatly enhanced if we study how his scholarly approach impacts on his philosophical exegesis. His commentaries are placed in their intellectual context and several case studies shed light on his critical treatment of earlier philosophers and his often polemical use of previous commentaries. "Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius" not only clarifies the objectives, pre-suppositions and impact of Simplicius' work, but also illustrates how, as a competent philosopher explicating Aristotelian and Platonic ideas, he continues and develops a method that pursues philosophy by way of exegetical engagement with earlier thinkers and commentators. The investigation opens up connections with broader issues, such as the reception of Presocratic philosophy within the commentary tradition, the nature and purpose of his commentaries, and the demise of pagan philosophy.
Aristotle Transformed
Title | Aristotle Transformed PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sorabji |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 649 |
Release | 2016-06-30 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1472589084 |
This book brings together twenty articles giving a comprehensive view of the work of the Aristotelian commentators. First published in 1990, the collection is now brought up to date with a new introduction by Richard Sorabji. New generations of scholars will benefit from this reissuing of classic essays, including seminal works by major scholars, and the volume gives a comprehensive background to the work of the project on the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, which has published over 100 volumes of translations since 1987 and has disseminated these crucial texts to scholars worldwide. The importance of the commentators is partly that they represent the thought and classroom teaching of the Aristotelian and Neoplatonist schools and partly that they provide a panorama of a thousand years of ancient Greek philosophy, revealing many original quotations from lost works. Even more significant is the profound influence – uncovered in some of the chapters of this book – that they exert on later philosophy, Islamic and Western. Not only did they preserve anti-Aristotelian material which helped inspire Medieval and Renaissance science, but they present Aristotle in a form that made him acceptable to the Christian church. It is not Aristotle, but Aristotle transformed and embedded in the philosophy of the commentators that so often lies behind the views of later thinkers.