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Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic Sebastian Gertz (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London, University of Oxford, UK)

Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic By Sebastian Gertz (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London, University of Oxford, UK)

Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic by Sebastian Gertz (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London, University of Oxford, UK)


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Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic by Sebastian Gertz (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London, University of Oxford, UK)

The three ancient philosophical introductions translated in this volume flesh out our picture of what it would have been like to sit in a first-year Philosophy course in ancient Alexandria. Ammonius (AD 445-517/26) set up a new teaching programme in Alexandria with up to six introductions to the philosophy curriculum, which made it far more accessible, and encouraged its spread from Greek to other cultures. This volume's three introductory texts include one by his student Olympiodorus and one each by Olympiodorus' students Elias and David. Elias' Introductions to Philosophy starts with six definitions of Philosophy, to which David adds replies to the sceptical question whether there is such a thing as Philosophy. Olympiodorus' text translated here is an Introduction to Logic, which is just one of the three introductions he wrote himself.

Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic Reviews

Anyone who is working on late-antique Platonism will certainly want to possess this valuable addition to the Ancient Commentators series. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

About Sebastian Gertz (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London, University of Oxford, UK)

Sebastian Gertz is Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at St John's College, University of Oxford, UK. His other translations include (with John Dillon and Donald Russell) Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus with Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012).

Table of Contents

Conventions Introduction Elias, Introduction to Philosophy Textual Emendations Translation Notes Appendix: The Definitions of Philosophy according to Elias, Prol. 8,20-7 English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index David, Introduction to Philosophy Textual Emendations Translation Notes English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Olympiodorus, Introduction to Logic Textual Emendations Translation Notes English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Bibliography Index of Names Subject Index

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1350136441
Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic by Sebastian Gertz (Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at King's College London, University of Oxford, UK)
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