Themistius ran his philosophical school in Constantinople in the
middle of the fourth century A.D. His paraphrases of Aristotle's
writings are unlike the elaborate commentaries produced by
Alexander of Aphrodisias, or the later Neoplatonists Simplicius and
Philoponus. His aim was to provide a clear and independent
restatement of Aristotle's text which would be accessible as an
elementary exegesis. But he also discusses important philosophical
problems, reports and disagrees with other commentaries including
the lost commentary of Porphyry, and offers interpretations of
Plato. Themistius' paraphrase of "Aristotle"'s" On the Soul" is his
most important and influential work. It is also the first extant
commentary on this work of Aristotle to survive from antiquity. A
rival to that of Alexander of Aphrodisias, it represents one of the
main interpretations of Aristotle's theory of the intellect, which
was debated throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It
continues to be an important text for the reconstruction of
Aristotle's philosophical psychology today.
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