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Syrianus

By Syrianus

Syrianus

By Syrianus

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Until the launch of this series in 1985, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Syrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens. Syrianus attacked Aristotle in his commentary on Books 13 and 14 of the Metaphysics, just as his pupil Proclus was to do later in his commentaries on Plato. This is because in Metaphysics 13-14, Aristotle himself was being thoroughly polemical towards Platonism, in particular against the Academic doctrine of Form-numbers and the whole concept of separable number. In reply, Syrianus gives an account of mathematical number and of geometrical entities, and of how all of these are processed in the mind, which was to influence Proclus and all subsequent Neoplatonists.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
250
Release Date:
2007-01-25
Publication Date:
2007-01-25
Publisher:
Bristol Classical Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0715635743
ISBN13:
9780715635742
Weight:
543 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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