Can I read Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 3 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) on EtoBox?

Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 3 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Laura M. Castelli, Michael Griffin, Richard Sorabji, E. W. Dooley, E. W. Dooley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 3 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) about?

"Aristotle's Topics is a handbook for dialectic, or philosophical debate between a questioner and a respondent. In book 3, Aristotle develops strategies for arguing about comparative claims, in which properties are said to belong to subjects to a greater, lesser, or equal degree. Aristotle uses a single illustration, the property of choiceworthiness. For instance, should we prefer justice in our friends, or in our adversaries? In this commentary on Topics 3, here translated for the first time into English, Alexander of Aphrodisias argues for Aristotelian views in logic and ethics, and engages in debates with other philosophical schools, notably the Stoics. The commentary provides new evidence for Alexander's theory of the logic of comparison, which is notoriously difficult to fit in the framework of the general theory of deduction (syllogistic) of the Prior Analytics. In addition, Alexander's sensitive discussion of Aristotle's arguments about what is more, less, or equally choiceworthy provides a relatively neglected source for Aristotelian ethics in later antiquity. Finally, Alexander helpfully explains and analyzes Aristotle's often compressed arguments. This volume will be valu

Who reads Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 3 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)?

Author

Laura M. Castelli, Michael Griffin, Richard Sorabji, E. W. Dooley, E. W. Dooley

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350214705

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Philosophy, Literary Fiction