Alexander of Aphrodisias

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Alexander of Aphrodisias was a prominent late 2nd–early 3rd century Greek philosopher best known as the leading ancient commentator on Aristotle and influential interpreter of Aristotelian thought.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias canonical 5

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instanceOf Aristotelian commentator
Greek philosopher
Peripatetic philosopher
alternativeName Alexander Aphrodisiensis
Alexander the Exegete
birthPlace Aphrodisias
Asia Minor
Caria
citizenship Roman Empire
era Hellenistic philosophy
Roman Imperial period
linked to: Roman Empire
ethnicGroup Greek
fieldOfWork ancient commentary tradition
classical philology
philosophical exegesis
floruit early 3rd century
late 2nd century
influenced Averroes
Byzantine Aristotelians
linked to: Aristotelianism

Latin scholasticism
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval Islamic philosophers
influencedBy Aristotle
Theophrastus
earlier Peripatetic commentators
knownFor commentaries on Aristotle
defense of Aristotelianism against Stoicism
interpretation of Aristotelian thought
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
mainInterest Aristotelian philosophy
logic
metaphysics
natural philosophy
philosophy of mind
name Alexander of Aphrodisias
notableIdea critique of Stoic determinism
doctrine of the material intellect
interpretation of Aristotle's theory of the soul
notableWork Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima
Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics
Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology
Commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics
Commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics
Commentary on Aristotle's Topics
On Fate
On Mixture and Growth
On Providence
linked to: De Providentia

On the Principles of the Universe
On the Soul
occupation commentator
philosopher
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic school
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism
positionHeld head of the Peripatetic school at Athens
scholarch of the Lyceum

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Aristotelianism majorFigure Alexander of Aphrodisias
Gersonides influencedBy Alexander of Aphrodisias
On the Soul hasCommentaryBy Alexander of Aphrodisias
Peripatetic school notableFigure Alexander of Aphrodisias
Alexander of Aphrodisias name Alexander of Aphrodisias