Commentary on Aristotle's Categories
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Commentary on Aristotle's Categories is a late antique philosophical work in which Simplicius of Cilicia offers a detailed Neoplatonist exegesis and defense of Aristotle’s treatise on categories.
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| On the Categories (commentary) | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
late antique philosophical work
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philosophical commentary ⓘ |
| aim |
defense of Aristotle's Categories
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detailed exegesis of Aristotle's Categories ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosopher | Simplicius of Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Athenian Neoplatonic school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Simplicius of Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentaryOn | Categories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentaryOnAuthor | Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
defenses of Aristotelian doctrines
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line-by-line exegesis ⓘ philosophical digressions ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Aristotelian categories
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classification of beings ⓘ problem of universals ⓘ relation between language and reality ⓘ |
| genre | commentary ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Iamblichus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Proclus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
members of Neoplatonic schools
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students of philosophy in late antiquity ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
accident
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category theory in Aristotle ⓘ predication ⓘ substance ⓘ |
| literaryForm | exegesis ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
logic
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metaphysics ⓘ ontology ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | harmonization of Plato and Aristotle ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima
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Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo NERFINISHED ⓘ Commentary on Aristotle's Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork | Aristotle's Categories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Commentary on Aristotle's Categories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionRole |
integration of Aristotle into Neoplatonic curriculum
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transmission of Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Byzantine philosophical education
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medieval scholastic tradition ⓘ |
| workType | scholastic commentary ⓘ |
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On the Categories (commentary)