Format:
1 Online-Ressource (169 p)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472552174
Series Statement:
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Uniform Title:
Commentarius in Aristot. Categoriae 5-6
Content:
"Chapters 5 and 6 of Aristotle's Categories describe his first two categories, Substance and Quantity. It is usually taken that Plotinus attacked Aristotle's Categories, but that Porphyry and Iamblichus restored it to the curriculum once and for all. Nonetheless, the introduction to this text stresses how much of the defence of Aristotle Porphyry was able to draw out of Plotinus' critical discussion. Simplicius' commentary is our most comprehensive account of the debate on the validity of Aristotle's Categories. One subject discussed by Simplicius in these chapters is where the differentia of a species (eg the rationality of humans) fits into the scheme of categories. Another is why Aristotle elevates the category of Quantity to second place, above the category of Quality. Further, de Haas shows how Simplicius distinguishes different kinds of universal order to solve some of the problems."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-154) and indexes
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780715630372
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780938929
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780938912
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Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472552174
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