Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry's Introduction to Aristotle's Five Terms

by Michael Chase

One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350191329
• ISBN13: 9781350191327
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"