Dexippus: On Aristotle Categories

By:

John Dillon

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Series:

Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

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Dexippus, a pupil or follower of lamblichus, preserves a crucial moment in the Neoplatonist interpretation of Aristotle. Aristotle's Categories has been attacked by Plotinus, but Porphyry's defence proved decisive, so that the Categories was acceptable as compatible with Platonism and an essential introduction to the Neoplatonist curriculum. Porphyry's main commentary on the Categories, however, containing the vital defence, is lost, as is that of his pupil lamblichus. The ideas of these two principal Neoplatonists can be reconstructed, in part, from Dexippus.

Author Biography:

John Dillon is Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin.

Release date NZ

April 10th, 2014

Author

John Dillon

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Translated by John Dillon

Pages

155

Series

Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

Dimensions

156x234x8

ISBN-13

9781780933719

Product ID

21618895

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