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 9

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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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Referenced by (9)

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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 ⓘ
Book Epsilon → hasCommentaryBy → Alexander of Aphrodisias ⓘ
Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας → commentedOnBy → Alexander of Aphrodisias ⓘ
On Fate → author → Alexander of Aphrodisias ⓘ
On Fate → traditionalAttribution → Alexander of Aphrodisias ⓘ