| Alexander Aphrodisiensis, de Anima Libri Mantissa: A New Edition of the Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary Contributor(s): Alexander Aphrodisiensis (Author), Sharples, Robert W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110196441 ISBN-13: 9783110196443 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Published: May 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 185 |
| Series: Peripatoi |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.25 lbs) 275 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: R. W. Sharples provides a new edition, with introduction and commentary in English, of the Greek text. The Mantissa is a collection of short discussions, transmitted as a supplement to the treatise On the Soul by the Aristotelian commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias (c.200 AD). The collection includes discussion of a range of topics, among them the nature of soul and intellect, theories of how seeing takes place, issues in ethics, and the nature of fate. |