On Aristotle Metaphysics 5
"Aristotle was a systematic writer who often cross-referred to the definitions of terms given elsewhere in his work. Book 5 of the Metaphysics is important because it consists of definitions of the main uses of key terms in Aristotle's philosophy, and it is extremely valuable to have a commentary on this important text by Alexander of Aphrodisias, the leading commentator of his school. Alexander provides a detailed commentary on all of the thirty terms analysed in Book 5, weighing alternative i…
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- Full title :On Aristotle Metaphysics 5 / Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by William E. Dooley.
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"Aristotle was a systematic writer who often cross-referred to the definitions of terms given elsewhere in his work. Book 5 of the Metaphysics is important because it consists of definitions of the main uses of key terms in Aristotle's philosophy, and it is extremely valuable to have a commentary on this important text by Alexander of Aphrodisias, the leading commentator of his school. Alexander provides a detailed commentary on all of the thirty terms analysed in Book 5, weighing alternative interpretations of what Aristotle says one against another, defending Peripatetic views against actual and possible criticisms, and attempting to integrate what is said in Book 5 into the context of the Metaphysics as a whole."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Aristotle was a systematic writer who often cross-referred to the definitions of terms given elsewhere in his work. Book 5 of the Metaphysics is important because it consists of definitions of the main uses of key terms in Aristotle's philosophy, and it is extremely valuable to have a commentary on this important text by Alexander of Aphrodisias, the leading commentator of his school. Alexander provides a detailed commentary on all of the thirty terms analysed in Book 5, weighing alternative interpretations of what Aristotle says one against another, defending Peripatetic views against actual and possible criticisms, and attempting to integrate what is said in Book 5 into the context of the Metaphysics as a whole.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
Notes
First published in 1993 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (231 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1472551575, 9781472551573, 1780934513, 9781780934518
- DOI:10.5040/9781472551573
- oclc:on1306549282
- LC Classification:B485
- Dewey Decimal:110
Table of Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Textual Emendations -- TRANSLATION -- Notes -- Bibliography English-Greek -- Glossary Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- Subject -- Index
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