Publication

2019 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

English

Word Count

50,000 words, Guess

Page Count

200 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCB697.I83A4613 2019
  • LCCB697.I83 A4613 2020

Description

"One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius' school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different works."

Subjects

Topics

AristotlePhilosophyCommentariesIsagoge (Porphyry)Early works to 1800Categoriae (Aristotle)Classical Studies & Archaeology

Other Editions

  • AmmoniusBloomsbury Publishing Plc2019

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