On Aristotle Categories 7-8 Simplicius ; translated by Barrie Fleet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simplicius, of Cilicia, author.

Contributor:

Fleet, Barrie, editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Standardized Title:

Commentarius in Aristot. Categoriae. 7-8. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Categoriae--7-8.

Aristotle.

Categories (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Categories (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2002.

Summary:

"In Categories chapters 7 and 8 Aristotle considers his third and fourth categories - those of Relative and Quality. Critics of Aristotle had suggested for each of the non-substance categories that they could really be reduced to relatives, so it is important how the category of Relative is defined. Arisotle offers two definitons, and the second, stricter, one is often cited by his defenders in order to rule out objections. The second definition of relative involves the idea of something changing its relationship through a change undergone by its correlate, not by itself. There were disagreements as to whether this was genuine change, and Plotinus discussed whether relatives exist only in the mind, without being real. The terms used by Aristotle for such relationships was 'being disposed relatively to something', a term later borrowed by the Stoics for their fourth category, and perhaps originating in Plato's Academy. In his discussion of Quality, Aristotle reports a debate on whether justice admits of degrees, or whether only the possession of justice does so. Simplicius reports the further development of this controversy in terms of whether justice admits a range or latitude (platos). This debate helped to inspire the medieval idea of latitude of forms, which goes back much further than is commonly recognised - at least to Plato and Aristotle."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Contents:

Abbreviations

Preface by Richard Sorabji

Introduction

Textual Emendations

Translation

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix: The Commentators

English-Greek Glossary

Greek-English Index

General Index

Index of Passages Cited

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-186) and indexes

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

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781472552181

OCLC:

654391162