The school of Alexander?, 1990
By: Sharples, Robert W., Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)
Title The school of Alexander?
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1990
Published in Aristotle Transformed. The ancient commentators and their influence
Pages 83-111
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s) Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)
at date the collections were assembled.16 17It is not my concern here to give a full enumeration of the works attributed to Alexander or to classify them in detail. That has been done elsewhere both by myself and by others. Rather, I will proceed to a discussion of what the works can tell us about the context in which they arose. It will be helpful to start with consideration of the relation of Alexander’s works to those of his predecessors, teachers and contem­ poraries. [p. 85]

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The school of Alexander?, 1990
By: Sharples, Robert W., Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)
Title The school of Alexander?
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1990
Published in Aristotle Transformed. The ancient commentators and their influence
Pages 83-111
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s) Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)
at date the collections were assembled.16 17It  is  not  my  concern  here  to  give  a  full  enumeration  of the  works 
attributed to Alexander or to classify them in detail. That has been done 
elsewhere  both  by  myself and  by  others.  Rather,  I  will  proceed  to  a 
discussion of what the works can tell us about the context in which they 
arose.  It  will  be  helpful  to  start  with  consideration  of the  relation  of 
Alexander’s  works  to  those  of his  predecessors,  teachers  and  contem­
poraries. [p. 85]

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