Dexippus: on Aristotle categories
Dexippus, a pupil or follower of lamblichus, preserves a crucial moment in the Neoplatonist interpretation of Aristotle. Aristotle's Categories has been attacked by Plotinus, but Porphyry's defence proved decisive, so that the Categories was acceptable as compatible with Platonism and an essential introduction to the Neoplatonist curriculum. Porphyry's main commentary on the Categories, however, containing the vital defence, is lost, as is that of his pupil lamblichus. The ideas of these two pr…
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- Full title :Dexippus : on Aristotle categories / translated by John Dillon.
Summary
Dexippus, a pupil or follower of lamblichus, preserves a crucial moment in the Neoplatonist interpretation of Aristotle. Aristotle's Categories has been attacked by Plotinus, but Porphyry's defence proved decisive, so that the Categories was acceptable as compatible with Platonism and an essential introduction to the Neoplatonist curriculum. Porphyry's main commentary on the Categories, however, containing the vital defence, is lost, as is that of his pupil lamblichus. The ideas of these two principal Neoplatonists can be reconstructed, in part, from Dexippus.
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- Publication Date:©1990
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990
Notes
"Paperback edition first published 2014"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (156 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780933726, 178093372X
- oclc:ocn878144342
- LC Classification:B438
- Dewey Decimal:160
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Dexippus' life and works; The nature of the commentary; The content and extent of the commentary; The present translation; The text of the commentary; Translation; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Textual Emendations.
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