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On Aristotle : metaphysics 12 / Themistius ; translated by Yoav Meyrav.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Themistius, author.
- Series:
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- Classical Studies & Archaeology 2020
- Standardized Title:
- Themistius' paraphrase of Aristotle's Metaphysics 12. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. Metaphysics--Book 12.
- Aristotle.
- Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.
- Metaphysics.
- Philosophy, Ancient--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Ancient Philosophy (Classical Studies).
- Editions of Ancient Texts (Classical Studies).
- Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy).
- Classical Studies & Archaeology.
- Neoplatonist Philosophy (Classical Studies).
- Local Subjects:
- Ancient Philosophy (Classical Studies).
- Editions of Ancient Texts (Classical Studies).
- Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy).
- Classical Studies & Archaeology.
- Neoplatonist Philosophy (Classical Studies).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 187 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- HTML
- Summary:
- "This is the only commentary on Aristotle's theological work, Metaphysics, Book 12, to survive from the first six centuries CE - the heyday of ancient Greek commentary on Aristotle. Though the Greek text itself is lost, a full English translation is presented here for the first time, based on Arabic versions of the Greek and a Hebrew version of the Arabic. In his commentary Themistius offers an extensive re-working of Aristotle, confirming that the first principle of the universe is indeed Aristotle's God as intellect, not the intelligibles thought by God. The identity of intellect with intelligibles had been omitted by Aristotle in Metaphysics 12, but is suggested in his Physics 3.3 and On the Soul 3, and later by Plotinus. Laid out here in an accessible translation and accompanied by extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes, the work will be of interest for students and scholars of Neoplatonist philosophy, ancient metaphysics, and textual transmission"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781350127265
- 9781350127258
- 9781350127272
- OCLC:
- 1157723528
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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