On Aristotle Categories 1-4 Simplicius ; translated by Michael Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simplicius, of Cilicia, author.

Contributor:

Chase, Michael, 1959- editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Standardized Title:

Commentarius in Aristot. Categoriae. 1-4. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Categoriae--1-4.

Aristotle.

Categories (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Categories (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2003.

Summary:

"Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Categories' is the most comprehensive philosophical critique of the work ever written, representing 600 years of criticism. In his Categories, Aristotle divides what exists in the sensible world into ten categories of Substance, Quantity, Relative, Quality and so on. Simplicius starts with a survey of previous commentators, and an introductory set of questions about Aristotle's philosophy and about the Categories in particular. The commentator, he says, needs to present Plato and Aristotle as in harmony on most things. Why are precisely ten categories named, given that Plato did with fewer distinctions? We have a survey of views on this. And where in the scheme of categories would one fit a quality that defines a substance?--under substance or under quality? In his own commentary, Porphyry suggested classifying a defining quality as something distinct, a substantial quality, but others objected that this would constitute an eleventh. The most persistent question dealt with here is whether the categories classify words, concepts, or things."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Textual Emendations

TRANSLATION

Notes

Bibliography English-Greek

Glossary Greek-English Index

Index of Passages Cited

Subject

Index

Notes:

Series statement on jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-161) and indexes

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781472552167

OCLC:

654527356