{"product_id":"ammonius-michael-chase-9781350089228","title":"Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry's Introduction to Aristotle's Five Terms","description":"One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume \u003ci\u003eElias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic\u003c\/i\u003e) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius' school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmmonius' lecture expounded the most celebrated and discussed previous introduction written by Porphyry 200 years earlier, which was devoted to five main technical terms of Aristotle's logic. Ammonius was sympathetic to Porphyry because they both sought to harmonise the views of Plato and Aristotle with each other, arguing in different ways that the two philosophers did not disagree about the nature of universals. Porphyry's introduction was a hugely influential work for centuries after its composition, and this commentary by Ammonius served to maintain its position at the centre of later schools of philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis English translation of Ammonius' work is the latest volume in the \u003ci\u003eAncient Commentators on Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e series and makes this philosophical work accessible to a modern readership. The translation is accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography, glossary of translated terms and a subject index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Chase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350089222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350089228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Michael Chase","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48174965784831,"sku":"9781350089228","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7110d333-b67c-4dab-bb5e-7fc3dc2420b3.jpg?v=1771331697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ammonius-michael-chase-9781350089228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}