Dexippus

On Aristotle Categories

von John Dillon

156 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Themen der Philosophie Logik
• ISBN: 9780715622421
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1990
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Bristol Classical Press