Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle Metaphysics 1 translated by William E. Dooley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, of Aphrodisias, author.

Contributor:

Dooley, W. E., editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Standardized Title:

Metaphysics. Book 1. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle.

Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 240 pages).

Place of Publication:

London New York Bloomsbury 1989.

Summary:

"Alexander of Aphrodisias was the greatest exponent of Aristotelianism after Aristotle, and his commentary on Metaphysics 1-5 is the most substantial commentary on the Metaphysics to have survived from antiquity. The commentary on book 1 has the further interest that over half of it is devoted to Aristotle's discussion of Plato. Aristotle's battery of objectives to the theory of Ideas is spelled out with fragmentary quotations and paraphrases from four of Aristotle's lost works, and we are given an extended account of Plato's 'unwritten doctrines' according to which the Ideas are numbers, namely the One and Indefinite Dyad. The deliberations for and against the theory of Ideas recorded by Alexander are more detailed than anything in Plato's dialogues and tell us more than any other source how they were conceived in Plato's most developed theory."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Contents:

Introduction

Textual Emendations

Translation

Notes

Bibliography

English-Greek Glossary

Greek-English Index

Index of Passages Cited

General Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015 Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement

ISBN:

9781472551542

OCLC:

1027519715