'Alexander': On Aristotle Metaphysics 12
Fred D. Miller Jr., "'Alexander': On Aristotle Metaphysics 12 "
English | ISBN: 1350179353 | 2021 | 272 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1350179353 | 2021 | 272 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB
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; he did so by incorporating available ancient commentaries into commentaries of his own.