TY - BOOK ID - 137283764 TI - Interpretation of Porphyry's introduction to Aristotle's five terms AU - Ammonius AU - Chase, Michael PY - 2020 SN - 1350089257 1350089230 9781350089235 PB - London New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - Neoplatonist Philosophy (Classical Studies) KW - Ancient Philosophy (Philosophy) KW - Classical Studies & Archaeology KW - Ancient Philosophy (Classical Studies) KW - Porphyry, KW - Aristotle. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137283764 AB - "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 Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) 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." ER -