Porphyry : on Aristotle categories

✍ Scribed by Porphyry; Strange, Steven K

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press;Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 192
• Series: Ancient commentators on Aristotle
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Contents
Introduction
Plotinus and Porphyry on the Categories
Porphyry''s Platonising interpretation of the Categories
Textual Emendations
Felicianus'' headings for Porphyry On Aristotle Categories
Translation
Concerning Synonyms
Concerning Substance
Concerning Quantity
Concerning Relatives
On the Qualified and on Quality
Concerning Action and Affection
Bibliography
Appendix: the commentators
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Aristotle. -- Categoriae. Porphyry, -- approximately 234-approximately 305. Categories (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800. Porphyry, -- approximately 234-approximately 305 Categoriae (Aristotle) Categories (Philosophy) Aristotle. Categoriae.