Studies on Alexander of Aphrodisias' on Mixture and Growth

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68601-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 170, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 604 g

Reihe: Philosophia Antiqua

This volume sheds new light on Alexander of Aphrodisias’ On Mixture and Growth as an intelligent and carefully crafted rebuttal of Stoic blending, which Alexander regarded as the closest rival of his own brand of hylomorphism. The authors explore Alexander’s dialectical method and determine the precise character of the Stoic theory he attacks. The problematic notions of mutual co-extension and infinite division appear in their proper context, while the successive stages of the process of blending are carefully distinguished from the resulting state of the blend. In this perspective the discussion of growth that closes Alexander’s work finds its natural place.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guyomarc’h, Gweltaz

Haas, Frans A.J. de

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Contributors

1 Alexander of Aphrodisias’ De mixtione: Text, Tradition, Reception

Jocelyn Groisard

2 De mixtione I–II: Alexander’s Dialectical Method

Gábor Betegh

3 De mixtione III–IV: The Stoics on Blending—Arguments, Proofs, Examples

Vladimír Mikeš

4 De mixtione V–VI: Common Notions and Bodies Receiving Bodies

Frans A.J. de Haas

5 De mixtione VII–VIII: On the Possibility of a Stoic Blend

Christian Pfeiffer

6 De mixtione IX–X: Promoting the Aristotelian Causal System

Fabienne Baghdassarian

7 De mixtione XI–XII: The Encounter of Two Ontologies

Gweltaz Guyomarc’h

8 De mixtione XIII: Finally, the Truth About Mixture

Klaus Corcilius

9 De mixtione XIV: The Ingredients’ Preservation in the Blend

Orna Harari

10 De mixtione XV: The Aristotelian Account Vindicated

István Bodnár

11 De mixtione XVI: On Growth

Pavel Gregoric and Péter Lautner

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gweltaz Guyomarc’h (PhD 2012) is Maître de conferences at the University of Lyon. He published a monograph and several articles on Alexander of Aphrodisias, as well as a French translation of Alexander’s commentary on Metaphysics Book III (Vrin, 2021).

Frans A.J. de Haas (PhD 1995) holds the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University since 2003. He has published widely on Aristotle and the ancient commentary tradition. His current research focuses on Alexander of Aphrodisias. Main publications include John Philoponus’ New Definition of Prime Matter (Brill, 1997); Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione I. Proceedings of the Symposium Aristotelicum (OUP, 2004, edited with Jaap Mansfeld); and a series of recent articles on the metaphysics, psychology, and ethics of Alexander.