Ebook: Porphyry : on Aristotle categories
Author: Porphyry, Strange Steven K
- Tags: Aristotle. -- Categoriae. Porphyry -- approximately 234-approximately 305. Categories (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800. Porphyry -- approximately 234-approximately 305 Categoriae (Aristotle) Categories (Philosophy) Aristotle. Categoriae.
- Series: Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- Year: 1992
- Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
- Language: English
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Porphyry (AD 232/3 - C.305) is of crucial importance for the history of Aristotelian studies. Born in Tyre and a student of Plotinus in Rome, he later defended Aristotle's Categories against Plotinus, arguing that they were entirely compatible with Platonism. His intervention was decisive: the Categories became a basic textbook of logic for all subsequent Neoplatonist teaching and influenced both the Arabic and Western Traditions. Boethius drew heavily on Porphyry's treatment. The full commentary is lost, but a shorter version survives and is translated here
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