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Sergius of Reshaina: Introduction to Aristotle
and his Categories, Addressed to Philotheos
Syriac Text, with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Sami Aydin

 
› September 2016
› Hardback (xii + 328= 340 pp)
› ISBN: 9789004324954
List price: €110 / $132
› E-ISBN: 9789004325142
› Language: English, Syriac, Arabic
The physician and commentator Sergius of Reshaina (d. 536) composed two related texts
in Syriac about the philosophy of Aristotle, chiefly dealing with themes discussed by
Aristotle in his Categories, but also with his teaching on space as found in the Physics. This
book presents a critical edition and English translation of the shorter of these texts. A
survey of Sergius’ life and works is given in the introduction and the intellectual context of
his education in Alexandria is outlined, with focus on the medical and philosophical
curricula of the Alexandrian school. Sergius’ line of thought is clarified and his text is
compared to Greek commentaries on the Categories that also present the teaching of his
Neoplatonist master Ammonius Hermeiou.
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