On Aristotle Categories

by Ammonius Saccas,, of Alexandria

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Title Statements

Full title :On Aristotle Categories / Ammonius ; translated by S. Marc Cohen & Gareth B. Matthews.

Summary

"Ammonius, who taught most of the leading sixth-century Neoplatonists, introduced the methods of his own teacher, Proclus, from Athens to Alexandria. These are exemplified in his commentaries: for instance, in the set of ten introductory questions prefixed to this commentary, which became standard. The commentary is interesting for the light it sheds on the religious situation in Alexandria. It used to be said that the Alexandrian Neoplatonist school was allowed to remain open after the Athenian school closed because Ammonius has agreed with the Christian authorities to keep quiet about his religious views. On the contrary, as this commentary shows he freely declared his belief in the Neoplatonist deities. The philosophical problems considered by Ammonius offer a unique insight into Aristotle's Categories. They exercise the mind and deepen understanding of the subject matter. Modern readers would do well to put the same questions to themselves."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

Notes

Originally published in 1991 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (170 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781472551719, 1472551710, 9781780933788, 1780933789, 9781472500069, 1472500067
DOI:10.5040/9781472551719
oclc:ocn892262702
LC Classification:B438

Preface -- Introduction -- Textual Emendations -- TRANSLATION -- Notes -- Bibliography English-Greek -- Glossary Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- Subject -- Index