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"This is the only commentary on Aristotle's theological work, Metaphysics, Book 12, to survive from the first six centuries CE - the heyday of ancient Greek commentary on Aristotle. Though the Greek text itself is lost, a full English translation is presented here for the first time, based on Arabic versions of the Greek and a Hebrew version of the Arabic. In his commentary Themistius offers an extensive re-working of Aristotle, confirming that the first principle of the universe is indeed Aristotle's God as intellect, not the intelligibles thought by God. The identity of intellect with…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2022Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 200 pages · 9781350189294
- Other · English · 2020Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 200 pages · 9781350127241
Classical philologyMetaphysicsEarly works to 1800Ancient PhilosophyAncient Philosophy (Classical Studies)Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy)Classical Studies & ArchaeologyMetaphysics (Aristotle)
