On Aristotle "Categories 5-6" (Hardcover)

Chapters 5 and 6 of Aristotle's "Categories" describe his first two categories, Substance and Quantity. It is usually taken that Plotinus attacked Aristotle's "Categories", but that Porphyry and Iamblichus restored it to the curriculum once and for all. Nonetheless, the introduction to this text stresses how much of the defence of Aristotle Porphyry was able to draw out of Plotinus' critical discussion. Simplicius' commentary is our most comprehensive account of the debate on the validity of Aristotle's "Categories". One subject discussed by Simplicius in these chapters is where the differentia of a species (eg the rationality of humans) fits into the scheme of categories. Another is why Aristotle elevates the category of Quantity to second place, above the category of Quality. Further, de Haas shows how Simplicius distinguishes different kinds of universal order to solve some of the problems.

General

Imprint:	Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Release date:	February 2001
Authors:	Of Cilicia Simplicius
Translators:	Frans de Haas • Barrie Fleet
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-7156-3037-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	0-7156-3037-7
Barcode:	9780715630372

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