'Alexander': On Aristotle Metaphysics 12 - Richard Sorabji

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Résumé :

This volume presents a commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, introduction and indexes. Fred D. Miller, Jr. argues that the author of the commentary is in fact not Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristotle's distant successor in early 3rd century CE Athens and his leading defender and interpreter, but Michael of Ephesus from Constantinople as late as the 12th century CE. Robert Browning had earlier made the case that Michael was enlisted by Princess Anna Comnena in a project to restore and complete the ancient Greek commentaries on Aristotle, including those of Alexander...

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Preface
Conventions
Abbreviations

Introduction
1. The place of Book 12 in Aristotle's Metaphysics
2. Who wrote the commentary on Book 12?
3. Critical assessments of Ps.-Alexander
4. Ps.-Alexander's interpretation of Metaphysics 12
5. Sources of Ps.-Alexander's commentary on Metaphysics 12

Textual Emendations

Translation

Notes
Appendix I: Freudenthal's Comparison of the Two Alexanders
Appendix II: Comparison of Ps.-Alexander's Readings with the Aristotle Manuscripts
Bibliography

English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Index of Passages from Other Works
Subject Index