Ammonius Hermiae

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Ammonius Hermiae was a 5th-century Alexandrian philosopher and commentator whose influential works helped transmit and interpret Aristotle’s logic within the late Neoplatonic tradition.

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Ammonius Hermiae canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aristotelian commentator ⓘ
Neoplatonist ⓘ
commentator ⓘ
late antique philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
activeIn Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath early 6th century ⓘ
birthPlace Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathPlace Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork Aristotelian logic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neoplatonic metaphysics ⓘ
commentary tradition ⓘ
floruit 5th century ⓘ
early 6th century ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Iamblichus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Porphyry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Proclus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrianus NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainInterest Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
name Ammonius Hermiae NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Commentary on Aristotle's Categories ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics (partly preserved) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's On Interpretation ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge ⓘ
notedFor harmonizing Aristotle with Plato ⓘ
systematic teaching of Aristotle in Alexandria ⓘ
occupation commentator on Aristotle ⓘ
philosophy teacher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Alexandrian school of Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion paganism ⓘ
roleIn interpretation of Aristotle in late Neoplatonism ⓘ
transmission of Aristotle's logic ⓘ
studentOf Heliodorus of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Proclus NERFINISHED ⓘ
teacherOf Asclepius of Tralles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Damascius (possibly) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olympiodorus the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philoponus NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

On Interpretation → hasCommentaryBy → Ammonius Hermiae ⓘ
Simplicius of Cilicia → studentOf → Ammonius Hermiae ⓘ
Damascius → studiedUnder → Ammonius Hermiae ⓘ