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Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic

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The three ancient philosophical introductions translated in this volume flesh out our picture of what it would have been like to sit in a first-year Philosophy course in ancient Alexandria. Ammonius (AD 445-517/26) set up a new teaching programme in Alexandria with up to six introductions to the philosophy curriculum, which made it far more accessible, and encouraged its spread from Greek to other cultures. This volume's three introductory texts include one by his student Olympiodorus and one each by Olympiodorus' students Elias and David. Elias' Introductions to Philosophy starts with six definitions of Philosophy, to which David adds replies to the sceptical question whether there is such a thing as Philosophy. Olympiodorus' text translated here is an Introduction to Logic, which is just one of the three introductions he wrote himself.

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ISBN: 9781350136441
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Author: Sebastian Research Associate to the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle project at Kings College London, University of O Gertz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 272 pages
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Genres: Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
Philosophy of mind