Priscian: On Theophrastus on Sense-Perception with 'Simplicius': On Aristotle On the Soul 2.5-12 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)

Huby, Pamela, Peter Lautner & Carlos Steel

ISBN 10: 071562752X / ISBN 13: 9780715627525

Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd., 1997

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First edition. 8vo. pp. [v], 261; as new in original cloth, dust-wrapper. (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Priscian: On Theophrastus on Sense-Perception with 'Simplicius': On Aristotle On the Soul 2.5-12 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071562752X
• ISBN 13: 9780715627525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Science
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Simplicius and Priscian were two of the seven Neoplatonists who left Athens when the Christian Emperor Justinian closed the paganschool there in A.D. 529. The commentaries ascribed to them on works on sense-perception, one by Aristotle and one by his successor Theophrastus, are translated here in this single volume. Both commentaries give a highly Neoplatonic reading to their Aristotelian subjects and tell us much about late Neoplatonist psychology.
This volume is also designed to enable readers to assess a recent major controversy: it has been argued by Carlos Steel and Fernand Bossier that the commentary ascribed to Simplicius is in fact by Priscian, and their article, hitherto only available in Dutch, is here published in revised form and in English for the first time. This book therefore contains all the evidence necessary for readers to judge this intriguing question for themselves.