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Les paraboles de l'escale et du banquet, 2004
By: Hadot, Pierre, Hadot, Ilsetraut, Hadot, Ilsetraut (Ed.), Hadot, Pierre (Ed.)
Title Les paraboles de l'escale et du banquet
Type Book Section
Language French
Date 2004
Published in Apprendre à philosopher dans l'Antiquité : l'enseignement du Manuel d'Épictète et son commentaire néoplatonicien
Pages 127-141
Categories no categories
Author(s) Hadot, Pierre , Hadot, Ilsetraut
Editor(s) Hadot, Ilsetraut , Hadot, Pierre
Translator(s)

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Religion et philosophie chez Simplicius, 2004
By: Hadot, Pierre, Hadot, Ilsetraut, Hadot, Ilsetraut (Ed.), Hadot, Pierre (Ed.)
Title Religion et philosophie chez Simplicius
Type Book Section
Language French
Date 2004
Published in Apprendre à philosopher dans l'Antiquité : l'enseignement du Manuel d'Épictète et son commentaire néoplatonicien
Pages 183-211
Categories no categories
Author(s) Hadot, Pierre , Hadot, Ilsetraut
Editor(s) Hadot, Ilsetraut , Hadot, Pierre
Translator(s)

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Aristotelianism as a commentary tradition, 2004
By: Fazzo, Silvia, Adamson, Peter (Ed.), Baltussen, Han (Ed.), Stone, Martin W. F. (Ed.)
Title Aristotelianism as a commentary tradition
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2004
Published in Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin commentaries, Volume 1
Pages 1-19
Categories no categories
Author(s) Fazzo, Silvia
Editor(s) Adamson, Peter , Baltussen, Han , Stone, Martin W. F.
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, p. 14]: We have seen that it was only in the twentieth century, after the two World Wars, that the study of Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca began to come into its own as a field of research.44 Among the first to make profitable use of the CAG were those Orientalists, chiefly from Germany, who were interested in Greek-Arabic connections and translations. In the case of Alexander, the availability of critical editions of the texts made it possible to identify the Greek counterparts of many short pieces transmitted in Arabic under his name but with titles different from those familiar to us.

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Exegesis in the Derveni Papyrus, 2004
By: Betegh, Gábor, Adamson, Peter (Ed.), Baltussen, Han (Ed.), Stone, Martin W. F. (Ed.)
Title Exegesis in the Derveni Papyrus
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2004
Published in Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin commentaries, Volume 1
Pages 37-50
Categories no categories
Author(s) Betegh, Gábor
Editor(s) Adamson, Peter , Baltussen, Han , Stone, Martin W. F.
Translator(s)
The text of the Derveni papyrus has often been labeled ‘a commentary’, or a hypomnema and its unidentified author has habitually been called ‘the Derveni commentator.’ The roll, which was found among the remains of the funeral pyre of a Macedonian tomb, has been dated to the last third of the fourth century BC on the basis of the archeological evidence. Moreover, there is an overriding consensus among scholars that the text was composed sometime around the end of the Presocratic period.1 Given this early dating of the text, it appears to be most significant for our knowledge of the early, pre-Hellenistic phase of the commentary tradition. Indeed, if both the dating and the above characterization is correct, the Derveni text is probably the earliest surviving specimen of this genre, and certainly the earliest document providing first-hand evidence of sufficient length for direct textual analysis.Alas, things with the Derveni papyrus are never so clear-cut. Most importantly, it is not entirely evident whether it is legitimate to call the whole text a ‘commentary’ at all, and, if so, with what qualifications. This is the basic question that I shall try to examine in this paper. I shall tackle the issue by breaking it down into two, more or less independent, sets of problems. The first of the two is largely formal and relatively simple. It amounts to asking whether or not the Derveni text, or more precisely what has survived of it, conforms with certain formal and structural features that we normally expect from a commentary. The second set of problems is considerably more complex. To put it bluntly, I shall ask why the Derveni author set out in the first place to interpret the object of his exegesis. This question thus pertains to both the author’s cognitive and pragmatic attitude towards the object of his interpretative enterprise, and, closely related to these, to the specific cultural and sociological context in which the author pursues his exegesis. It is also in this second part that I shall try to present a sympathetic rendering of the so-called ‘allegorical’ method of the Derveni author. [Introduction, p. 37]

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The Aristotelian Commentators: A Bibliographical Guide, 2004
By: Sellars, J. T., Adamson, Peter (Ed.), Baltussen, Han (Ed.), Stone, Martin W. F. (Ed.)
Title The Aristotelian Commentators: A Bibliographical Guide
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2004
Published in Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin commentaries, Volume 1
Pages 239-268
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sellars, J. T.
Editor(s) Adamson, Peter , Baltussen, Han , Stone, Martin W. F.
Translator(s)
In what follows I offer a bibliographical guide to the ancient commentators on Aristotle, outlining where one may find texts, translations, studies, and more detailed bibliographies containing further references.* It is designed to supplement the existing bibliography in: [l] R. Sorabji, ed., Aristotle Transformed: The Ancient Commentators and Their Influence (London: Duckworth, 1990), 485-524. The focus here is on the ancient commentators, but reference will also be made to Byzantine commentators. For a list of around 300 commentators on Aristotle - ancient, Byzantine, Islamic, medieval, and renaissance - see the final pages of [ 2 ] Operum Aristotelis Stagiritae Philosophorum Omnium, ed. I Casaubon (Lugduni, apud Guillelmum Laemarium, 1590). This list is followed by a detailed inventory of individual commentaries arranged by the Aristotelian text upon which they comment. This very useful second list is reprinted in: [3] Aristotelis Opera Omnia quae extant Uno Volumine Comprehensa, ed. C. H. Weise (Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1843), 1013-18. Note also the more recent list of ancient commentaries by R. Goulet in D P h A 1,437-41 (1993), now supplemented by M. Chase in DPhA Suppl., 113-21 (2003). [Introduction, p. 239]

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Le commentaire de Simplicius au premier chapitre du Manuel : interprétation néoplatonicienne de « ce qui dépend de nous », 2004
By: Hadot, Pierre, Hadot, Ilsetraut, Hadot, Ilsetraut (Ed.), Hadot, Pierre (Ed.)
Title Le commentaire de Simplicius au premier chapitre du Manuel : interprétation néoplatonicienne de « ce qui dépend de nous »
Type Book Section
Language French
Date 2004
Published in Apprendre à philosopher dans l'Antiquité : l'enseignement du Manuel d'Épictète et son commentaire néoplatonicien
Pages 103-125
Categories no categories
Author(s) Hadot, Pierre , Hadot, Ilsetraut
Editor(s) Hadot, Ilsetraut , Hadot, Pierre
Translator(s)
This text discusses Simplicius' commentary on the first chapter of Epictetus' Manual, focusing selectively on a specific part of its development. The commentary examines the initial two sentences of the chapter, addressing the distinction between things within human control and those beyond it. This division leads to a classification of rational souls into first souls, which remain consistently oriented towards the Good, and human rational souls. The latter are characterized by their capacity for choice (deliberate choice or προαίρεσις), which is absent in immobile entities and irrational beings. Simplicius emphasizes that the nature of human rational souls allows them to either align with higher ontological realities or be drawn towards lower ones. The freedom of choice extends even to choosing evil, albeit often misguided by the appearance of apparent good. The concept of "what depends on us" is explicated as referring specifically to this deliberate choice. Simplicius' Neoplatonic interpretation culminates in a discussion defending human free will against objections that attribute actions to chance or necessity. While the commentary is not complete, this abstract concludes with the clarification that Simplicius' ontological exposition pertains solely to human rational souls. Further elaboration on objections and responses is anticipated in subsequent sections of the commentary. [introduction/conclusion]

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The κοινη αισθεσις in Proclus and Ps.-Simplicius, 2004
By: Lautner, Peter, Stone, Martin W. F. (Ed.), Baltussen, Han (Ed.), Adamson, Peter (Ed.)
Title The κοινη αισθεσις in Proclus and Ps.-Simplicius
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2004
Published in Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin commentaries, Volume 1
Pages 163-174
Categories no categories
Author(s) Lautner, Peter
Editor(s) Stone, Martin W. F. , Baltussen, Han , Adamson, Peter
Translator(s)
Although the metaphysical systems of the Neoplatonists at Athens were much the same, their views on the human soul, particularly on its activities, showed great divergence. This is all the more striking because they were all heavily influenced by Iamblichus. But the mode and extent of that influence varied a great deal, and their theories of the human soul varied accordingly. As a case study, I shall examine the position of Proclus and Pseudo-Simplicius on the koinê aisthêsis. Both authors took Aristotle's views as the point of departure; that is obvious in Pseudo-Simplicius' commentary on the De anima and easily detectable in Proclus' commentary on the Timaeus. Moreover, both of them paid special attention to the problem of whether this sense is separate from the five particular senses or just a joint activity of the senses. My aim is to show that the different conceptions are signs of a deeper divergence. Despite the similarity of their metaphysical outlook, their views on the structure of the human soul were considerably different, and this left its mark on their accounts of the koinê aisthêsis. [Introduction, p. 163]

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Eudoxus, Callipus and the Astronomy of the Timaeus, 2003
By: Gregory, Andrew, Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.), Sheppard, Anne D. (Ed.)
Title Eudoxus, Callipus and the Astronomy of the Timaeus
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2003
Published in Ancient Approaches to Plato's Timaeus
Pages 5-28
Categories no categories
Author(s) Gregory, Andrew
Editor(s) Sharples, Robert W. , Sheppard, Anne D.
Translator(s)
Whether the astronomy of the Timaeus had any significant influence on Eudoxus’ theory of homocentric spheres is a matter of contention. Some commentators deny any such influence. Here I argue for a view of the Timaeus’ astronomy, and of Eudoxus’ astronomy, whereby Eudoxus’ work was as much a natural development of the Timaeus as Callippus’ work was of Eudoxus. I also argue for an important interpretative principle. This is that Plato, Eudoxus and Callippus could not account for all the phenomena they were aware of, and were aware of that fact. If the Timaeus presents a prototype, Eudoxus can then be seen to develop this astronomy, making the model more sophisticated and complex while staying within the cosmological principles, and attempting to solve the key problems which were left unsolved by the Timaeus model. He does this in much the same way as Callippus made Eudoxus’ model more complex and sophisticated, and attempted to solve the leading problems in that model. I also consider some further objections to a significant interaction between Plato and Eudoxus, based on supposed philosophical differences, dating, and the evidence of later commentators. I conclude that these provide no significant obstacle to considering there to be a fruitful liaison between Plato and Eudoxus. [introduction, p. 5]

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Early Reactions to Plato’s Timaeus: polemic and exegesis in Theophrastus and Epicurus, 2003
By: Baltussen, Han, Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.), Sheppard, Anne D. (Ed.)
Title Early Reactions to Plato’s Timaeus: polemic and exegesis in Theophrastus and Epicurus
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2003
Published in Ancient Approaches to Plato's Timaeus
Pages 49-71
Categories no categories
Author(s) Baltussen, Han
Editor(s) Sharples, Robert W. , Sheppard, Anne D.
Translator(s)
We are reasonably well informed about what might justly be thought of as the commentary tradition of the late Hellenistic and late antique period. In this series of papers on the theme ‘Plato’s Timaeus and the Commentary Tradition’ an obvious choice of topic has been to discuss the works of authors who explicitly declare to be commenting upon or clarifying the text o f an author. Most papers in this volume have therefore justly seen it as their task to clarify the interaction between one commentator and the Timaeus. My perspective is slightly different. Commentary as we usually see it must have had its precursors in some form or other. As it happens, we have some evidence related to the Timaeus which makes this a reasonable assumption. I therefore want to look at two thinkers whose interpretative efforts occur at the beginnings of the ‘commentary tradition’ . Here things are less clear and well-defined in that at this end o f the scale we are dealing with the emergence o f exegesis. This means that certain fundamental assumptions - eg. what a commentary or a commentator is - would no longer have an obvious value as starting points and that important questions about the interaction between authors and texts (such as ‘what is a commentary?’, ‘what form did the interpretation of texts take?’ or ‘when do commentaries emerge?’) require a fresh look. [p. 49]

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Aristotle and some of his Commentators on the Timaeus’ Receptacle, 2003
By: Gregory, Andrew, Sharples, Robert W. (Ed.), Sheppard, Anne D. (Ed.)
Title Aristotle and some of his Commentators on the Timaeus’ Receptacle
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2003
Published in Ancient Approaches to Plato's Timaeus
Pages 29-47
Categories no categories
Author(s) Gregory, Andrew
Editor(s) Sharples, Robert W. , Sheppard, Anne D.
Translator(s)
The nature of the receptacle, presented at Timaeus 48e-53b, is controversial. It is unclear whether the receptacle is supposed to be matter, or whether it is supposed to be space, or whether it is in some way both matter and space. Plato seems to intend some reform of the way in which we refer to the phenomena, but the nature of that reform is far from clear.1 Can the evidence of Aristotle help us here? Aristotle and some of his commentators have some interesting and significant things to say about the receptacle and its contents, more perhaps than is generally recognised. [introduction, p. 29]

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Levels of human thinking in Philoponus, 1985
By: Verbeke, Gérard, Laga, Carl (Ed.), Munitiz, Joseph A. (Ed.), Rompay, Lucas van (Ed.)
Title Levels of human thinking in Philoponus
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in After Chalcedon. Studies in Theology and Church History. Offered to Professor Albert van Roey for his seventieth birthday
Pages 451-470
Categories no categories
Author(s) Verbeke, Gérard
Editor(s) Laga, Carl , Munitiz, Joseph A. , Rompay, Lucas van
Translator(s)
What is finally the meaning of Philoponus’s  teaching on  the levels of thought? Taking into account the previous considerations, we may 
conclude that this doctrine  is  intended  to disclose  the true  nature  of philosophical  reflection  as  a  direct  and  immediate  intuition  of  the 
intelligible world.  This disclosure  is an  internal  one:  each  individual bears within himself, in the hidden abodes of his consciousness, a treasure 
of philosophical wisdom". In order to contemplate the highest truth, man should not leave himself,  on  the contrary  he should  come  back 
and turn  to  himself,  to  his  true self.  Most  people live outside  them­selves in a permanent forgetfulness of their  real  nature:  they  hardly 
participate in philosophical wisdom, they only possess some common intuitions,  which  are  a  kind  of  trace  or  vestige  of  rational  truth. 
They never come to the level of a direct contemplation of the intelligibles. In  order  to  reach  the  supreme  level  of thinking  man  needs  a  moral preparation,  which  makes  him  able  to  overcome  the  influence  of irrational movements; he also needs an intellectual training by means 
of discursive  reasoning  in  order  to  free  himself from  the  impact  of senses  and  imagination.  If these  requirements  are  fulfilled,  man  be­
comes  able to  contemplate  directly  true reality  in  the  internal  world of his consciousness. [conclusion, p. 469]

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Mathematics and Philosophy in Proclus' Commentary on Book I of Euclid's Elements, 1987
By: Mueller, Ian, Pépin, Jean (Ed.), Saffrey, Henri Dominique (Ed.)
Title Mathematics and Philosophy in Proclus' Commentary on Book I of Euclid's Elements
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1987
Published in Proclus, lecteur et interprète des anciens. Actes du colloque international du CNRS, Paris (2-4 octobre 1985)
Pages 305-318
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mueller, Ian
Editor(s) Pépin, Jean , Saffrey, Henri Dominique
Translator(s)
In  the  prologue  to  his  commentary  on  book  I  of  Euclid’s Elements Proclus  refers  to  two  areas  of  disagreement  among  the  Platonists concerning  mathematics.  In  the  first passage  in  which  he  does  this (29.14ff.)  he  indicates  that  some  philoi  from  his  own  hearth  encourage 
students  to  disdain mathematics,  enlisting  on  their  side  Plato  himself because  of  some  of  Socrates’  remarks  in  the  Republic,  notably  the rhetorical  question  of  533 c 3-5 [...]. The  second  passage  comes  at  the  end  of  Proclus’  famous description  of  the  character  of  geometry [...]. In  this  paper  I wish  to  pursue  these  disagreements  in  the  hopes  of throwing  light  on  distinctive  features  of  Proclus’  philosophy  of mathematics. [Introduction, p. 305]

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Metacommentary, 1992
By: Barnes, Jonathan, Annas, Julia (Ed.)
Title Metacommentary
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1992
Published in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Pages 267-281
Categories no categories
Author(s) Barnes, Jonathan
Editor(s) Annas, Julia
Translator(s)
[Conclusion, pp. 281 f.]: Simplicius is in the scholarly news;27 the Neoplatonists are making a 
comeback; and the Greek commentaries on Aristotle are submitting to 
renewed  scholarly  scrutiny  and  enjoying  some  little  publicity.28 
Students of Greek philosophy have always referred to Simplicius and 
his fellows;  but they have usually read  a page here  and  a paragraph there, and their primary interest in the works has been in their value as 
sources for earlier thought (for the Presocratics, for the Stoics). This 
approach to a text has its dangers; and it is an unqualified good that 
Simplicius’ works are now being studied hard for themselves and as 
wholes. The French metacommentary may be regarded, and should 
be welcomed, as a part of this enterprise. But I am, I suspect, not alone 
in hoping that the next nine fascicles may prove a touch more sprightly 
and a touch more lithe.

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Mixture in Philoponus: An Encounter with a Third Kind of Potentiality, 2016
By: de Haas, Frans A. J., Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)
Title Mixture in Philoponus: An Encounter with a Third Kind of Potentiality
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2016
Published in Aristotle Re-Interpreted. New Findings on Seven Hundred Years of the Ancient Commentators
Pages 413-436
Categories no categories
Author(s) de Haas, Frans A. J.
Editor(s) Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)
In charting the commentary tradition on Aristotle’s work from Late Antiquity through Arabic, Latin Medieval, and Renaissance authors it is tempting to assume we are dealing with a single line of tradition. However, it is still far from clear which ancient commentaries were available (in Greek or in Arabic, Syrian, or Latin translation) at what date. But even if this can be established we cannot be sure that a particular commentator actually used his predecessors’ commentaries, even when he refers to them by name: perhaps he merely copied a reference from another commentary. In this way Zabarella’s mistake may have arisen. More importantly, every commentator who analyses the problem of the potentiality of the ingredients in a mixture as it is presented in Aristotle’s texts in On Generation and Corruption is faced with a limited number of possible solutions. Every commentator, then, is perfectly capable of reinventing the wheel. However, the application of the third kind of potentiality in the context of mixture seems to have been invented for the first time by John Philoponus. [conclusion]

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Modifications of the method of inquiry in Aristotle’s Physics I.1. An essay on the dynamics of the ancient commentary tradition, 2002
By: Haas, Frans A. J. de, Leijenhorst, Cees (Ed.), Lüthy, Christoph (Ed.), Thijssen, J. M. M. H. (Ed.)
Title Modifications of the method of inquiry in Aristotle’s Physics I.1. An essay on the dynamics of the ancient commentary tradition
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2002
Published in The dynamics of Aristotelian natural philosophy from Antiquity to the seventeenth century
Pages 31-56
Categories no categories
Author(s) Haas, Frans A. J. de
Editor(s) Leijenhorst, Cees , Lüthy, Christoph , Thijssen, J. M. M. H.
Translator(s)
In this essay, Frans A.J. de Haas explores the commentary tradition on Aristotle's Physics, focusing on the first chapter, which is considered pivotal for Aristotelian natural philosophy. The chapter sets the stage for Aristotle's principles of science and the method of scientific inquiry. However, the twenty-two lines of the chapter have not lived up to these high expectations, leading to a bewildering variety of interpretations in the commentary tradition. The essay aims to understand the development of the commentary tradition and the factors that influenced the various interpretations. De Haas presents a method of charting a commentator's philosophical environment to explain their modifications of Aristotle's doctrine. He examines the interpretation of Physics 1.1 by Themistius, an influential ancient commentator. De Haas identifies several factors that may explain Themistius' specific interpretation, such as the assumption of a deductive method in physics, the influence of Theophrastus' logical analysis, and Alexander's proposal of the coherence of all sciences. Themistius introduces the topic of universal concepts, which leads to discussions about the priority of universals in Aristotle's writings. The essay concludes that understanding the dynamics of the ancient commentary tradition allows us to recognize the influence of earlier interpretations in later commentators. This realization highlights the importance of carefully considering the original context and intentions of Aristotle's work to avoid misinterpretations in subsequent commentaries. [introduction/conclusion]

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Movers and Shakers, 2005
By: Lane Fox, Robin, Smith, Andrew (Ed.)
Title Movers and Shakers
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2005
Published in The philosopher and society in late antiquity. Essays in honour of Peter Brown
Pages 19-50
Categories no categories
Author(s) Lane Fox, Robin
Editor(s) Smith, Andrew
Translator(s)
In  late  antiquity,  as  in  all  other  periods,  philosophy had  the  power  to 
change  a person’s  choice  of life  and  scale  of values.  The  ‘shakers’  of my 
title are people who  passed on  this sort of impact to others.  Philosophy, 
including  Platonist  philosophy,  also  addressed  the  intellectual’s  relation 
to  contemporary  society.  If that  society  was  incurably  misguided,  then 
the philosopher might have no option except to leave it. In late antiquity, 
some took this option, and they are my ‘movers’. Both the ‘shakers’ and the 
‘movers’ need to be understood in terms of the philosophy they professed, 
but  a sufficient  understanding  of their  actions  does  not  require  a deep 
analysis of their deepest thoughts. They are within a historian’s grasp, and 
so I will discuss individuals, their texts and contexts without a close reading 
of particular arguments. [Introduction, p. 19]

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Neo-Platonic Modes of Concordism versus Definitions of Difference: Simplicius, Augustinus Steuco and Ralph Cudworth versus Marco Antonio Zimara and Benedictus Pererius, 2011
By: Blackwell, Constance, Clucas, Stephen (Ed.), Forshaw, Peter J. (Ed.), Rees, Valery (Ed.)
Title Neo-Platonic Modes of Concordism versus Definitions of Difference: Simplicius, Augustinus Steuco and Ralph Cudworth versus Marco Antonio Zimara and Benedictus Pererius
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2011
Published in Laus Platonici Philosophi. Marsilio Ficino and his Influence
Pages 317–342
Categories no categories
Author(s) Blackwell, Constance
Editor(s) Clucas, Stephen , Forshaw, Peter J. , Rees, Valery
Translator(s)
A  few  years  before  her  death,  Frances  Yates  began  her  lecture  to  a 
meeting  of  the  Society  for  Renaissance  Studies  with  the  emotional 
announcement that knowledge of the Neo-Platonic and  Hermetic tra­
ditions  had  been  suppressed.  While  some  took  her  seriously,  I  was 
sceptical.  Yet  there  is  textual  evidence  that  she  was  not  wrong  after 
all.  The suppression  began  almost immediately among those opposed 
to  the concordism1  of Ficino  or  Pico,  but  in this essay I will focus on 
reactions to this tradition  in the second half of the  sixteenth century. [p.317]

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Neoplatonism, the Greek Commentators, and Renaissance Aristotelianism, 1982
By: Mahoney, Edward P., O'Meara, Dominic J. (Ed.)
Title Neoplatonism, the Greek Commentators, and Renaissance Aristotelianism
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1982
Published in Neoplatonism and Christian thought
Pages 169-177
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mahoney, Edward P.
Editor(s) O'Meara, Dominic J.
Translator(s)
In this paper I should like to share with my fellow students of Neoplatonism the results  of  researches  in  medieval  and  Renaissance  Aristotelianism  that  have brought to  light interesting ways in which Neoplatonism came to have a special impact on the development of Renaissance Aristotelianism. It is certainly not my aim to exclude other possible ways in which Neoplatonism had its effect, but I do believe  that historians  of ancient  Neoplatonism  will  themselves  be  surprised  to learn of the pervasiveness of certain themes among supposed proponents of Aris­totle during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The two topics on which I wish to concentrate are (1) the influence on late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Aristotelianism of two late ancient commentators on Aristotle, namely, Themistius <317—388) and Simplicius (Jl. 530),1 and (2) a conceptual scheme of metaphysical hierarchy whose origins are clearly Neoplatonic and which was constantly debated during the same period. [Author's abstract]

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Neoplatonists on the causes of vegetative life, 2015
By: Wilberding, James, Marmodoro, Anna (Ed.), Prince, Brian (Ed.)
Title Neoplatonists on the causes of vegetative life
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2015
Published in Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity
Pages 171-185
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wilberding, James
Editor(s) Marmodoro, Anna , Prince, Brian
Translator(s)
In  the  Neoplatonism  of late  antiquity  there  was  an  exciting  and  revolution­
ary  development  in  the  understanding  of  the  aetiology  involved  in  the 
generation  of living  things,  and  here  it  will  be  argued  that  this  extended  all 
the  way  to  the  Neoplatonic  understanding  of  the  causes  of vegetative  life. 
In  a  way,  this  should  come  as  no  surprise.  Hippocratics,  Aristotle  and 
Galen  had  all  viewed  the  processes  involved  in  the  generation  of plants  as 
analogous  to  those  in  the  generation  of embryos.1  In  fact,  the  embryo  was 
commonly  held  to  have  the  life-status  of  a  plant,  with  the  mother  taking 
on  the  role  of the  earth,  at  least  at the  earliest  stages  of its  generation.2 As  a 
result,  these  thinkers  saw  the  same  causal  models  that  govern  the  gener­
ation  of  embryos  at  work  in  the  generation  of  plants.  Indeed,  Galen  even 
advises  those  who  wish  to  investigate  the  formation  of embryos  to  begin  by 
looking  into  the  generation  of  plants,  The  above-mentioned  analogy  is 
certainly  part  of  the  motivation  behind  Galen’s  counsel,  but  equally 
important  is  that  plants  are  simpler,  in  terms  of  both  their  physiology 
and  their  psychology,  and  thus  more  perspicuous  objects  of  study.  This  is 
what  gives  us  ‘hope  to  discover  among  the  plants  [biological]  adminis­
tration  in  its  pure  and  unadulterated  form’.*  What  is  surprising  is  the 
conception  of vegetative  generation  and  life  that  results  for  Neoplatonists. 
For,  as  I  shall  show  here,  they  ultimately  concluded  that  the  vegetative 
souls  of individual  plants  are  not  self-sufficient.  That  is  to  say,  the  depend­
ence of individual plants on the earth, in terms of both their generation and  their  preservation,  extends  beyond  mere  nutritive  needs  into  the 
psychological domain of their life activities. [pp.. 171 ff.]

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Nicéphore Blemmyde lecteur du commentaire de Simplicius à la Physique d’Aristote, 2007
By: Golitsis, Pantelis, D'Ancona Costa, Cristina (Ed.)
This article by Pantélis Golitsis examines the work of Byzantine philosopher Nicéphore Blemmyde (1197-1272), specifically his Epitome Isagogique on Aristotle's Physics. Although not a strict commentary, Blemmyde's work draws heavily from earlier commentaries, particularly Simplicius' commentary on the Physics. Golitsis explores the relationship between Blemmyde's Epitome and Simplicius' commentary, focusing on the philosophical borrowings and the role of Blemmyde's work as an indirect source for the tradition of Simplicius' commentary. The article begins by providing background on the popularity and influence of Simplicius' commentary among Byzantine scholars before delving into the specifics of Blemmyde's Epitome. [introduction/conclusion]

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