In Greek Late Antiquity philosophy defined itself above all through the interpretation of authoritative texts such as Plato's dialogues or the treatises of Aristotle. This work looks at the last Late Antique commentaries on Aristotle's Physics, the pagan Simplicius and the Christian Philoponus (both 6th cent. AD). Golitsis demonstrates how differently the two contemporaries interpreted the philosophical tradition and how this led them to deduce different routes to finding the truth.
In Greek Late Antiquity philosophy defined itself above all through the interpretation of authoritative texts such as Plato's dialogues or the treatis...
The volume collects the most important papers Pierluigi Donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of post-hellenistic philosophy. The philosophical relevance of post-hellenistic philosophy is now widely (though not yet universally) recognized. Yet much remains to be done. The common practice of focusing each single school in itself detracts from a balanced assessment of the strategies exploited by many philosophers of the period. On the assumption that debates among schools play a major role in the philosophy of the commentators, Donini...
The volume collects the most important papers Pierluigi Donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of po...
The no longer extant commentary by Alexander of Aphrodisias (approx. 200 AD) on Aristotle's Physics is one of the most important works of antiquity -, as a source text having influenced both the Greek commentators on Aristotle and ‒ through the mediation of Arab scholars - Western medieval philosophy. This volume presents the first edition and study of nearly 700 recently discovered Byzantine scholia, which allow a more exact reconstruction of Alexander's teachings on physics, and at the same time contribute to a better understanding of Aristotelianism and preclassical...
The no longer extant commentary by Alexander of Aphrodisias (approx. 200 AD) on Aristotle's Physics is one of the most important works of ...
The Tria Opuscula by the Late Antique Neoplatonist Proklos are accessible in full in the translation into medieval Latin by Wilhelm von Moerbeke, as well as in fragments in the Greek texts of Late Antique and Byzantine authors. Using the form of a commentary on passages, this work assesses what we can learn from these sources about the original Greek text of the three works. At the same time the commentary serves the elucidation of the first complete Greek retroversion of the Tria Opuscula, which is published here.
The Tria Opuscula by the Late Antique Neoplatonist Proklos are accessible in full in the translation into medieval Latin by Wilhelm von Mo...
In der Reihe Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina (CAGB) sollen Kommentare sowie weitere griechische Textquellen zur Aristotelesuberlieferung und -rezeption in der Antike und im byzantinischen Mittelalter bis in die Renaissancezeit editorisch erschlossen werden. Diese Grundlagenarbeit soll vor allem das Studium des Nachwirkens und der Weiterbildung der peripatetischen Philosophie fordern und dabei wesentlich zur aktuellen Forschungsdiskussion um die byzantinische Philosophie beitragen. Im Programm der neuen Reihe, die sich thematisch und wissenschaftlich an die von...
In der Reihe Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina (CAGB) sollen Kommentare sowie weitere griechische Textquellen zur Aristoteles...
