Professor Fred D. Miller, Jr. (University of Arizona and Bowling Green State University, USA)
This volume presents a commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, introduction and indexes. Fred D. Miller, Jr. argues that the author of the commentary is in fact not Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristotle’s distant successor in early 3rd century CE Athens and his leading defender and interpreter, but Michael of Ephesus from Constantinople as late as the 12th century CE. Robert Browning had earlier made the case that Michael was enlisted by Princess Anna Comnena in a project to restore and complete the ancient...
This volume presents a commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, intr...
