Simplicius: On Aristotle Categories 5-6

by Barrie Fleet, Frans de Haas, Simplicius, et al.

Book Overview

Chapters 5 and 6 of Aristotle's Categories describe his first two categories, Substance and Quantity. It is usually taken that Plotinus attacked Aristotle's Categories, but that Porphyry and Iamblichus restored it to the curriculum once and for all. Nonetheless, the introduction to this text stresses how much of the defence of Aristotle Porphyry was able to draw out of Plotinus' critical discussion. Simplicius' commentary is our most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780938934
• ISBN13: 9781780938936
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"