Ebook: Simplicius: on Aristotle categories 9-15

Aristotle classified the things in the world into ten categories: substance, quantity, quality, relative, etc. Plotinus, the founder of Neoplatonism, attacked the classification, accepting only these first four categories, rejecting the other six, and adding one of this own: change. He preferred Plato's classification into five kinds which included change. In this part of his commentary, Simplicius records the controversy on the six categories which Plotinus rejected: acting, being acted upon, being in a position, when, where, and having on. Plotinus' pupil and editor, Porphyry, defended all s.;Cover; Contents; Introduction; Textual Emendations; Translation; Notes; English-Greek Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Greek-English Index; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z; Index of Passages; A; E; H; M; P; S.