Miller, Fred D.

State and nature: studies in ancient and medieval philosophy

by Brouwer, René, Scott, Dominic, Miller, Fred D., Horn, Christoph, Karamanolis, George, Keyt, David, Toivanen, Juhana, Brüllmann, Philipp, Humfress, Caroline, Lienemann, Béatrice, Noble, Christopher Isaac, O'Keefe, Tim, Pelletier, Jenny, Primavesi, Oliver, Tuominen, Miira, Woolf, Raphael

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A much-maligned feature of ancient and medieval political thought is its tendency to appeal to nature to establish norms for human communities. From Aristotle's claim that humans are "political animals" to Aquinas' invocation of "natural law," it may seem that pre-modern philoso…

'Alexander': on Aristotle metaphysics 12

by Miller, Fred D.

fromAncient commentators on Aristotle

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Preface -- Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The place of Book 12 in Aristotle's Metaphysics -- 2. Who wrote the commentary on Book 12? -- 3. Critical assessments of Ps.-Alexander -- 4. Ps.-Alexander's interpretation of Metaphysics 12 -- 5. Sources of Ps.-Alexan…

'Alexander': on Aristotle metaphysics 12

by Miller, Fred D.

fromAncient commentators on Aristotle

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"This volume presents a commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, introduction and indexes. Fred D. Miller, Jr. argues that the author of the commentary is in fact not Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristo…