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Plutarch and the Neoplatonists: Porphyry, Proklos, Simplikios, 2019
By: Simonetti, Elsa Giovanna, Xenophontos, Sophia (Ed.), Oikonomopoulou, Aikaterini (Ed.)

Title	Plutarch and the Neoplatonists: Porphyry, Proklos, Simplikios
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2019
Published in	Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plutarch
Pages	136-153
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Simonetti, Elsa Giovanna
Editor(s)	Xenophontos, Sophia , Oikonomopoulou, Aikaterini
Translator(s)

The present chapter, by focusing on a selection of passages from Porphyry, Proclus, and Simplicius, aims to explore Plutarch's influence within the Neoplatonists' reconsideration of Platonic philosophy, its aims, roots, and historical development. As we will see, Porphyry, Proclus, and Simplicius integrate Plutarch’s heritage into their own agendas by adapting it to their own specific historical context, which ranges from the third to the sixth century AD, a time when the fundamental reassessment of Platonism also responds to the urgency of supplying new ways to happiness and salvation that could compete with those provided by Christianity. Recalling Simplicius' invitation to taking advantage of different situations, we can conclude that all the Neoplatonists here considered judiciously took advantage of Plutarch's works to justify their own philosophical reflection and to redefine their relationship with the Platonic tradition. Despite discarding some of Plutarch's metaphysical theories, they exploited his legacy according to their own ideological and historical context. Exploring the reception of Plutarch of Chaeronea in Porphyry, Proclus, and Simplicius has helped us discern some continuous strands of thought within Imperial Platonism, notwithstanding the considerable originality and theoretical innovations that have inevitably emerged in a time span of four centuries. In this regard, it might be useful to recall that Plutarch himself was an advocate of the unity of Platonism under the aegis of its illustrious founder, as proven by the existence of his treatise "On the Unity of the Academy" from Plato (no. 63 of the Lamprias catalogue), which is unfortunately lost. The Neoplatonists also share Plutarch's fundamental conviction that Plato's works enclose a coherent system of doctrines that await to be recovered and, motivated by this, engage in an impressive activity of synthesis, exegesis, and teaching of his dialogues, perceived as an extraordinary source of knowledge. In their constant and passionate re-reading of the past and of their own tradition, Plutarch emerges as an animate figure and a dynamic interlocutor. He is not simply a motionless icon. Rather, he is kept in life through the Platonists' strenuous effort of re-thinking and re-discovering their own history and heritage. [Introduction / Conclusion]

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The Neoplatonic Commentators of Aristotle on the Origins of Language: A New “Tower of Babel”?, 2019
By: Chriti, Maria, Golitsis, Pantelis (Ed.), Ierodiakonou, Katerina (Ed.)

Title	The Neoplatonic Commentators of Aristotle on the Origins of Language: A New “Tower of Babel”?
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2019
Published in	Aristotle and His Commentators. Studies in Memory of Paraskevi Kotzia
Pages	95-106
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Chriti, Maria
Editor(s)	Golitsis, Pantelis , Ierodiakonou, Katerina
Translator(s)

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the obligatory and negative character which is credited to the emergence of human language by some Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle, namely Ammonius of Hermeias, Simplicius and Philoponus. Since the emergence of language is treated by these thinkers as being a result of the “fall”of the soul from the Neoplatonic One, I begin with a brief introduction to the Platonic and Neoplatonic theory of the soul’s separation from the world of the intelligibles and its residual innate knowledge. The second part of my contribution deals with the semantic terms and Neoplatonic principles that Ammonius, Simplicius and Philoponus deploy as they discuss the stimulation of the fallen soul’s content with the help of language, laying stress on the urgent and compulsory presence of vocal sounds in contrast to the non-linguistic communication that prevailed before the soul’s embodiment. In the third part, I explore the concept of ‘diversity’in human language as a consequence of the very emergence of language. Finally, I attempt to explain how the conventionality and diversity of human linguistic communication, abundantly contrasted by these Neoplatonists with the lost unitary status of the soul, came to be viewed by them as symptoms of ‘decay’and ‘obligation’. [author's abstract]

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https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/J3kdujqMlI99aKK

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Priskian von Lydien (›Simplikios‹): Kommentar zu De anima III. Ausgewählt, eingeleitet, übersetzt und erläutert von Matthias Perkams, 2018
By: Simplicius, Perkams, Matthias (Ed.), Busche, Hubertus (Ed.), Perkams, Matthias

Title	Priskian von Lydien (›Simplikios‹): Kommentar zu De anima III. Ausgewählt, eingeleitet, übersetzt und erläutert von Matthias Perkams
Type	Book Section
Language	German
Date	2018
Published in	Antike Interpretationen zur aristotelischen Lehre vom Geist
Pages	547-675
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Simplicius , Perkams, Matthias
Editor(s)	Perkams, Matthias , Busche, Hubertus
Translator(s)	Perkams, Matthias(Perkams, Matthias) ,

Online Resources

https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/tdzwZP3drYlTR2k

Philosophy and Commentary: Evaluating Simplicius on the Presocratics, 2018
By: Parsons, Bethany, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Layne, Danielle, A. (Ed.)

Title	Philosophy and Commentary: Evaluating Simplicius on the Presocratics
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2018
Published in	Platonic Pathways: Selected Papers from the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Pages	227-242
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Parsons, Bethany
Editor(s)	Finamore, John F. , Layne, Danielle, A.
Translator(s)

Online Resources

https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/1kICLkPJOAkmz8c

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Reconciling Plato's and Aristotle's Cosmologies. Attempts at Harmonization in Simplicius, 2018
By: Gavray, Marc-Antoine

Title	Reconciling Plato's and Aristotle's Cosmologies. Attempts at Harmonization in Simplicius
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2018
Published in	Die Kunst der philosophischen Exegese bei den spätanitken Platon- und Aristoteles Kommentatoren. Akten der 15. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung vom 4. bis 6. Oktober 2012 in Trier
Pages	101-125
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Gavray, Marc-Antoine
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

In this paper, I shall address a particular aspect of the disharmony, more precisely how it is interpreted and resolved by Simplicius in his commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens: the question about the being and temporality of the κόσμος. Plato’s and Aristotle’s positions appear to be contrary on this point, since the former, in the Timaeus, insists on the creation of the world by the Demiurge, whereas the latter, in his On the Heavens, asserts the eternity of the heavens. Far from being a triviality, this difference will lead Simplicius to develop hermeneutical strategies designed to restore the harmony between his authorities. From our perspective, the question about the eternity of the world offers a fruitful case study, insofar as it forces Simplicius to mobilize all the strategies he usually uses in this commentary to restore the harmony between Plato and Aristotle. Also I shall lead here a parallel investigation on two separate fronts. First, I will identify the methodological principles implemented through the attempt at harmonising, so as to contribute to our understanding of Simplicius’ way of exegesis. Then, I will investigate the conceptual effect, regarding cosmology, reached by this attempt. In other words, I will explore how Simplicius’ interpretative tools lead him to produce some new philosophical theses. [Introduction, pp. 101 f.]

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https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/JEG1kUm2Lx3tmEf

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The Soul never thinks withous a Phantasm: How platonic commentators interpret a controversal aristotelian Thesis, 2018
By: Steel, C., Strobel, Benedikt (Ed.)

Title	The Soul never thinks withous a Phantasm: How platonic commentators interpret a controversal aristotelian Thesis
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2018
Published in	Die Kunst der philosophischen Exegese bei den spätanitken Platon- und Aristoteles Kommentatoren. Akten der 15. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung vom 4. bis 6. Oktober 2012 in Trier
Pages	185-223
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Steel, C.
Editor(s)	Strobel, Benedikt
Translator(s)

There is undoubtedly a Platonic motivation in the commentators’ refusal to accept Aristotle’s claim about the connection of thinking with phantasms as universally valid. After all, it is even plausible that Aristotle was himself implicitly reacting against Plato’s view in Republic VI (510 C–511 C) that thinking – νόησις contrary to διάνοια – is without images. However, even if their Platonic perspective is undeniable, the ancient commentators also have, as I hope to show, valuable arguments to restrict Aristotle’s claim to some forms of knowledge. In this contribution I will discuss the views of four commentators of late antiquity: Themistius, Ammonius (as reported by Philoponus), John Philoponus (in his lectures as reported by a student), and Priscian of Lydia (Pseudo-Simplicius). But before I turn to the commentators I have to recall briefly Plotinus, who was himself an intensive reader of the Aristotelian treatise On the Soul, but interpreted it in his own manner. [Introduction, pp. 187 f.]

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Simplicius of Cilicia: Plato's last interpreter, 2018
By: Gabor, Gary, Tarrant, Harold (Ed.), Renaud, François (Ed.), Baltzly, Dirk (Ed.), Layne, Danielle A. (Ed.)

Title	Simplicius of Cilicia: Plato's last interpreter
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2018
Published in	Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity
Pages	569-579
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Gabor, Gary
Editor(s)	Tarrant, Harold , Renaud, François , Baltzly, Dirk , Layne, Danielle A.
Translator(s)

Simplicius is well regarded today as an insightful comprehensive, detailed, sometimes repetitive, but generally useful and reliable interpreter of Aristotle. How he reads other authors though - with the possible exception of the Presocratics - is less well studied. In this chapter myaim is to examine Simplicius' interpretation of Plato. By this I mean not Simplicius' views regarding Platonism (though these of course influenced his interpretation), but rather the ways in which Simplicius read the particular dialogues written by Plato, as well as the history that had accumulated by his time regarding Plato's life and thought. While something of a picaresque task, given that Simplicius' extant commentaries all center on texts of either Aristotle or the Stoic Epictetus - the Physics, De Caelo, Categories, and, disputedly, the De Anima, as well as the Enchiridion - nevertheless, his frequent references, allusions, and discussions of Plato's works in his writing provide ample evidence for gathering a good working picture of how Simplicius read him. [Introduction, pp. 569 f.]

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William of Moerbeke’s Translation of Simplicius' On de Caelo and the Constitution of the Text of Parmenides, 2018
By: Kraus, Manfred, Pulpito, Massimo (Ed.), Spangenberg, Pilar (Ed.)

Title	William of Moerbeke’s Translation of Simplicius' On de Caelo and the Constitution of the Text of Parmenides
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2018
Published in	ὁδοὶ νοῆσαι - Ways to Think. Essays in Honour of Néstor-Luis Cordero
Pages	213-230
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Kraus, Manfred
Editor(s)	Pulpito, Massimo , Spangenberg, Pilar
Translator(s)

Although Simplicius’ commentary on Aristotle’s treatise De cáelo is one of the most valuable sources, in a number of cases even our only source for the transmission of particular fragments of Parmenides, compared to the commentary on the Physics it has for specific reasons been sorely neglected in the past. When J. L. Heiberg in 1894 edited the text of this commentary, he found its Latin translation by William of Moerbeke (1271), although coarse and inelegant in style, to be a highly valuable secondary textual witness. Yet while Heiberg only knew this translation from a faulty 16th-century printing, we are now in possession of reliable critical editions of the books most relevant for the Parmenides text. Recent studies have further yielded that the Greek manuscript of In De Cáelo Moerbeke translated from was definitely superior to all manuscripts extant today. All the more this not only makes possible but also advises an employment ofMoerbeke’s translation for the purposes of textual criticism. The essay gives a brief survey on the complex editorial history of both Simplicius’ commentary and Moerbeke’s translation and the current status of their texts and undertakes a close comparative reading ofMoerbeke’s renderings of the seven direct quotations of passages from Parmenides exhibited in In De Cáelo. It will be shown that by taking recourse to this valuable tool fundamental textual decisions can be confirmed, supported or challenged in a number of crucial passages. [Author's abstract]

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Language Converts Psyche: Reflections on Commentary in Late Ancient Philosophical Research and Education, 2018
By: Griffin, Michael

Title	Language Converts Psyche: Reflections on Commentary in Late Ancient Philosophical Research and Education
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2018
Published in	Die Kunst der philosophischen Exegese bei den spätanitken Platon- und Aristoteles Kommentatoren. Akten der 15. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung vom 4. bis 6. Oktober 2012 in Trier
Pages	127-157
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Griffin, Michael
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

This paper sets out to explore the Sitz im Leben of late ancient philosophical pedagogy and research from a common vantage point, the capacity of a good teacher – or a canonical text, read with a good teacher as ἐξηγητής – to reshape and correct the elementary concepts or ἔννοιαι of the student or philosopher. (I) I begin with a brief reflection on the intersection of pedagogical practice and inquiry in antiquity, then (II) briefly explore the theme of how common notions or ἔννοιαιmight be shaped and reshaped by the philosopher who comes into contact with ‘great texts’ of the past, or with a good teacher, in Plotinus and Simplicius, and (III) conclude by considering the historical background of Simplicius’ attitude to past philosophers, and to what extent it might be considered as informed by earlier Aristotelian or Stoic practices Hadot, Ilsetraut, 1983, “La tradition manuscrite du commentaire de Simplicius sur le Manuel d'Épictète. Addenda et Corrigenda,” Revue d'histoire des textes 11, 387-395. [introduction]

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§ 162. Simplikios, 2018
By: Baltussen, Han, Horn, Christoph (Ed.), Riedweg, Christoph (Ed.), Wyrwa, Dietmar (Ed.)

Title	§ 162. Simplikios
Type	Book Section
Language	German
Date	2018
Published in	Die Philosophie der Antike (Band 5: Philosophie der Kaiserzeit und der Spätantike) (= Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie: Die Philosophie der Antike. Band 5/3)
Pages	2060-2084
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Baltussen, Han
Editor(s)	Horn, Christoph , Riedweg, Christoph , Wyrwa, Dietmar
Translator(s)

Eintrag über Leben und Wirken von Simplikios.

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Aristotelian objections and post-Aristotelian responses to Plato's elemental theory, 2012
By: Mueller, Ian, Wilberding, James (Ed.), Horn, Christoph (Ed.)

Title	Aristotelian objections and post-Aristotelian responses to Plato's elemental theory
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2012
Published in	Neoplatonism and the Philosophy of Nature
Pages	129-146
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Mueller, Ian
Editor(s)	Wilberding, James , Horn, Christoph
Translator(s)

Aristotle and Plato advanced very different theories of the traditional four elements. Whereas Plato in his Timaeus proposes a geometrical theory of these elements, Aristotle in his On the Heavens (and On Generation and Corruption) offers a qualitative analysis and offers a series of objections to Plato’s theory. These objections provided later Platonists with the opportunity to defend Plato against and possibly harmonize him with Aristotle. This paper explores Simplicius’ responses to Aristotle one by one, paying particular attention to the brand of scientific discourse that he engages in with Proclus, and to how different commitments to harmonization affect their responses to these objections. [Author’s abstract]

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Aristotelian philosophy in the Roman world from the time of Cicero to the end of the second century AD, 1987
By: Gottschalk, Hans B., Haase, Wolfgang (Ed.), Temporini, Hildegard (Ed.)

Title	Aristotelian philosophy in the Roman world from the time of Cicero to the end of the second century AD
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	1987
Published in	Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Teil II: Principat, Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. 2. Teilband: Philosophie
Pages	1079-1174
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Gottschalk, Hans B.
Editor(s)	Haase, Wolfgang , Temporini, Hildegard
Translator(s)

This text discusses the development of Aristotelian philosophy in the Roman world from the time of Cicero to the end of the second century AD. The author describes the period as a time of transition, in which Hellenistic systems such as Stoicism and Epicureanism were dominant, followed by the scholastic restatement of Aristotelianism culminating in Alexander of Aphrodisias and of Platonism by Plotinus and his followers. The author also discusses the challenges of studying this period due to the loss of relevant literature, and the rigidity of Aristotelianism which inhibited its further development and allowed it to be absorbed by Platonism. Overall, the text provides an overview of the intellectual and philosophical climate of the Roman Empire during this period. [introduction/conclusion]

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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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Aristotle and Simplicius on Mathematical Infinity, 1981
By: Mueller, Ian, Theodōrakopulos, Iōannēs Nikolaou (Ed.)

Title	Aristotle and Simplicius on Mathematical Infinity
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	1981
Published in	Proceedings of the World Congress on Aristotle, Thessaloniki August 7-14 1978
Pages	179-182
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Mueller, Ian
Editor(s)	Theodōrakopulos, Iōannēs Nikolaou
Translator(s)

Aristotle was the first not only to distinguish between potential and actual infinity but also to insist that potential infinity alone is enough for mathematics thus initiating an issue still central to the philosophy of mathematics. Modern scholarship, however, has attacked Aristotle's thesis because, according to the received doctrine, it does not square with Euclidean geometry and it also seems to contravene Aristotle's belief in the finitude of the physical universe. This monograph, the first thorough study of the issue, puts Aristotle's views on infinity in the proper perspective. Through a close study of the relevant Aristotelian passages it shows that the Stagirite's theory of infinity forms a well argued philosophical position which does not bear on his belief in a finite cosmos and does not undermine the Euclidean nature of geometry. The monograph draws a much more positive picture of Aristotle's views and reaffirms his disputed stature as a serious philosopher of mathematics. This innovative and stimulating contribution will be essential reading to a wide range of scholars, including classicists, philosophers of science and mathematics as well as historians of ideas. [offical abstract]

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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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Aristotle’s Treatment of the Doctrine of Parmenides, 1991
By: Kerferd, George B., Blumenthal, Henry J. (Ed.), Robinson, Howard (Ed.)

Title	Aristotle’s Treatment of the Doctrine of Parmenides
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	1991
Published in	Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Supplementary volume: Aristotle and the Later Tradition
Pages	1-7
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Kerferd, George B.
Editor(s)	Blumenthal, Henry J. , Robinson, Howard
Translator(s)

[Conclusion, p. 7]: id  Aristotle  envisage  the  same  criticism  as  this  of Parmenides? 
Some help here may be derived from a consideration of what Aristotle 
says in Metaph. i,986bi8-987a2. Aristotle clearly felt that one of his own 
greatest discoveries was the need for Matter as  a substrate to explain 
how what is one in definition can come to appear or be seen as many in 
experience. It is perhaps with this in mind that he proceeds to speak in 
praise  of Parmenides’  insight and  declares of him that
claiming that besides the existent nothing non-existent exists, he thinks that of 
necessity  one  thing exists, viz.  the  existent  and  nothing else  ...  But  being 
forced to follow the observed facts, and supposing the existence of that which 
is one in definition, but more than one according to our sensations, he now 
posits two causes and two principles calling them hot and cold, i.e. fire and 
earth; of these he ranges the hot with the existent, and the other with the non
existent. (Trans. W. D. Ross)
It  should,  I  suggest,  be  apparent  that  this  fits  perfectly  with  what 
Aristotle  says  in  the  De caelo  and  with  Simplicius’  approach.  It  may 
even in addition be a correct account of what Parmenides was saying, 
though now rephrased  in Aristotle’s own language.  But this is indeed 
another question.

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Au terme d’une tradition: Simplicius, lecteur du Phédon, 2015
By: Gavray, Marc-Antoine, Delcomminette, Sylvain (Ed.), Hoine, Pieter d’ (Ed.), Gavray, Marc-Antoine (Ed.)

Title	Au terme d’une tradition: Simplicius, lecteur du Phédon
Type	Book Section
Language	French
Date	2015
Published in	Ancient Readings of Plato’s Phaedo
Pages	293-310
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Gavray, Marc-Antoine
Editor(s)	Delcomminette, Sylvain , Hoine, Pieter d’ , Gavray, Marc-Antoine
Translator(s)

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Autour d'Eudore. Les débuts de l'exégèse des Catégories dans les Moyen Platonisme, 2009
By: Chiaradonna, Riccardo , Bonazzi, Mauro (Ed.), Opsomer, Jan (Ed.)

Title	Autour d'Eudore. Les débuts de l'exégèse des Catégories dans les Moyen Platonisme
Type	Book Section
Language	French
Date	2009
Published in	The Origins of the Platonic System: Platonisms of the early empire and their philosophical contexts
Pages	89-111
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Chiaradonna, Riccardo
Editor(s)	Bonazzi, Mauro , Opsomer, Jan
Translator(s)

The renaissance of dogmatic Platonism and the revival of Aristotelian school treatises are characteristic features of philosophy in the 1st century BCE. Eudorus of Alexandria played an important role in both these processes, being central to constructing Pythagorean Platonism and its interaction with Aristotelianism. Eudorus had a deep knowledge of Aristotelian school treatises, including authoring a work on Aristotle's Categories. The study focuses on this part of his work, as the Categories were at the center of the Aristotelian renaissance in the first century. Eudorus' program of constructing a Platonic-Pythagorean system capable of replacing Hellenistic philosophies is visible in his work, as well as in other Pythagorean apocrypha. The author discusses the dominant position of Categories in the early history of post-Hellenistic Aristotelianism and the influence of Eudorus on the interpretation of Categories in the first century. [introduction]

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Bibliothèques et formes du livre a la fin de l’antiquité. Le témoignage de la littérature néoplatonicienne des Ve et VIe siècles, 2000
By: Hoffmann, Philippe, Prato, Giancarlo (Ed.)

Title	Bibliothèques et formes du livre a la fin de l’antiquité. Le témoignage de la littérature néoplatonicienne des Ve et VIe siècles
Type	Book Section
Language	French
Date	2000
Published in	I manoscritti greci tra riflessione e dibattito. Atti del V Colloquio Internazionale di Paleografia Greca (Cremona, 4-10 ottobre 1998), Tomo 2
Pages	601-632
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Hoffmann, Philippe
Editor(s)	Prato, Giancarlo
Translator(s)

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Boethus’ Aristotelian Ontology, 2016
By: Rashed, Marwan, Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)

Title	Boethus’ Aristotelian Ontology
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2016
Published in	Aristotle Re-Interpreted. New Findings on Seven Hundred Years of the Ancient Commentators
Pages	103-124
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Rashed, Marwan
Editor(s)	Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)

Boethus of Sidon is crucial for the tradition of commentary on Aristotle, in that he is said to have recommended the remarkable project of writing a word by word commentary on Aristotle’s Categories (exegoumenos kat’ hekasten lexin), and he did write such a commentary on Aristotle’s Categories . Th is was eventually to have a momentous infl uence on the commentary tradition, although the earliest surviving commentaries aft er him are not as thorough. In addition, Boethus, in defending Aristotle’s system, seems to have downgraded his key terms, interpreting them as belonging to the lowest available level. Th is is true of Aristotle’s form, of diff erentia, of universal, and of his fi rst fi gure of syllogism. In Chapter 2, Marwan Rashed takes up Boethus’ downgrading of form as non- substance on the basis of Aristotle’s requirement in Categories 2a11–13; 3a7–9, that a substance is a subject of predicates, and not a predicate, so not in a subject. From this, Simplicius tells us, 21 Boethus concluded that, although a compound of matter and form, like Socrates, can be a substance, and so can matter, for example the fl esh and bones of Socrates, this is not possible for the form of Socrates, his soul. His form cannot be a substance, because form, though not mentioned in Aristotle’s Categories , is said in his Physics 4.3, to be present in matter. Th is exclusion of form was to prove unacceptable more than two hundred years later to Aristotle’s greatest defender, Alexander of Aphrodisias, discussed below in Chapters 3 and 4, because in works other than the Categories, Aristotle treats soul as substance, even though it is in body as a subject (Aristotle, De Anima ( DA ) or On the Soul 2.1). Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book 7 also treats form as a good candidate for being substance, and Metaphysics 8 speaks as if a different criterion for substancehood had already been implied in Book 7 (see 7.17): the cause of a thing’s being. 22 Alexander himself corrected Boethus by holding that form is a part of the compound substance, and a part of a substance is a substance. Rashed in Chapter 2 below cites a treatise in Arabic On Diff erence , existing in two versions, which he argues come from a lost Q uestion about diff erentiae by Alexander. It insists that the diff erentia of a genus, for example rational as diff erentiating a species of animal, is substance because it is a part of a substance, apparently because the differentia (rational) is form and form is part of the genus (animal). Th e Question also criticises someone who denies this by again relying on one of the criteria in Aristotle’s Categories for substancehood (just as Boethus relied on another one in his disqualification of form from substancehood), and this is one of Rashed’s reasons for thinking that Alexander’s opponent is Boethus. Th is time, the unsatisfi ed criterion is that substances receive contrary characteristics. Alexander in the Arabic version replies that it is not diff erentiae but individual substances that have to receive contraries. [introduction]

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