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Porphyry (AD 232/3 - C.305) is of crucial importance for the history of Aristotelian studies. Born in Tyre and a student of Plotinus in Rome, he later defended Aristotle's<i> Categories</i> against Plotinus, arguing that they were entirely compatible with Platonism. His intervention was decisive: the<i> Categories</i> became a basic textbook of logic for all subsequent Neoplatonist teaching and influenced both the Arabic and Western Traditions. Boethius drew heavily on Porphyry's treatment. The
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- Author
- Strange, S.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472552082
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Philosophy, History, Reference
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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