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