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Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4 John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4 By John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4 by John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)


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Reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato. This book shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science, was conceived by the Neoplatonic philosopher of Late Antiquity.

Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4 Summary

Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4 by John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Syrianus, originally from Alexandria, moved to Athens and became the head of the Academy there after the death of Plutarch of Athens. This discussion of Aristotle's Metaphysics 3-4 shows how metaphysics, as a philosophical science, was conceived by the Neoplatonic philosopher of Late Antiquity. The questions raised by Aristotle in Metaphysics 3 regarding the scope of metaphysics are answered by Syrianus, who also criticises the alternative answers explored by Aristotle. In presenting Metaphysics 4, Syrianus explains in what sense metaphysics deals with 'being as being' and how this includes the essential attributes of being (unity/multiplicity, sameness/difference, etc.), showing also that it comes within the scope of metaphysics to deal with the primary axioms of scientific thought, in particular the Principle of Non-Contradiction, for which Syrianus provides arguments additional to those developed by Aristotle. Syrianus thus reveals how Aristotelian metaphysics was formalized and transformed by a philosophy which found its deepest roots in Pythagoras and Plato.

About John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Dominic O'Meara is Professor of Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. John Dillon is Regius Professor Emeritus of Greek, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Table of Contents

Conventions Introduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Select Bibliography English Greek Glossary Greek English Index Index of Aristotelian and Platonic Passages Subject Index

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NLS9781472558176
9781472558176
1472558170
Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 3-4 by John Dillon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2014-04-10
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