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1 online resource (216 pages) |
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Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
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Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Note on the Composition of the Present Volume; Conventions; Note on Citations; Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus; Introduction; Translation; Variations from Colonna's Text; Notes; English-Greek Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Greek-English Index; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; Z; Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius; Introduction; Translation; Variations from Colonna's Text; Notes; English-Greek Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Greek-English Index; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P |
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RS; T; X; Z; Subject Index; Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z; Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Summary |
50 years before Philoponustwo Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist |
| Notes |
"Paperback edition first published 2014"--Title page verso |
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Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 14, 2014) |
| Subject |
Neoplatonism -- Early works to 1800
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Philosophy and religion -- Early works to 1800
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Neoplatonism.
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Philosophy and religion.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dillon, John, translator
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Russell, Donald, translator
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Gertz, Sebastian, translator
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| ISBN |
9781472500373 |
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1472500377 |
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178093209X |
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9781780932095 |
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1472558014 |
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9781472558015 |
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