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Dexippus: On Aristotle Categories
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Dexippus: On Aristotle Categories
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Dillon
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Translated by John Dillon
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| Series | Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:155 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781780933719
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| Classifications | Dewey:185 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Academic
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| Publication Date |
10 April 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
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