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AMMONIUS HERMIAE (5th century A.D.)

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AMMONIUS HERMIAE (5th See also:

century A.D.) , See also:Greek philosopher, the son of See also:Hermias or Hermeias, a See also:fellow-See also:pupil of See also:Proclus. He taught at See also:Alexandria, and had among his scholars Asclepius, See also:John See also:Philoponus, See also:Damascius and See also:Simplicius. His commentaries on See also:Plato and See also:Ptolemy are lost. Those on See also:Aristotle are all that remain of his reputedly numerous writings. Of the commentaries we have—(r) one on the Isagoge of See also:Porphyry (See also:Venice, 1500 fol.); (2) one on the Categories (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by See also:Brandis; (3) one on the De Interpretatione (Venice, 1503 fol.). They are printed in Brandis's scholia to Aristotle, forming the See also:fourth See also:volume of the See also:Berlin Aristotle; they are also edited (1891–1899) in A. Busse's Commentaria in Aristot. Graeca. The See also:special See also:section on See also:fate was published separately by J. C. See also:Orelli, Alex. A phrod., Ammonii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt (See also:Zurich, 1824).

A See also:

life of Aristotle, ascribed to Ammonius, but with more accuracy to John Philoponus, is often prefixed to See also:editions of Aristotle. It has been printed separately, with Latin See also:translation and scholia, at See also:Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666, and at See also:Paris, r85o. Other commentaries on the Topics and the first six books of the See also:Meta-physics still exist in See also:manuscript. Of the value of the logical writings of Ammonius there are various opinions. K. Prantl speaks of them with See also:great, but hardly merited, contempt. For a See also:list of his See also:works see J. A. See also:Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca, v. 704-707 ; C. A. Brandis, Aber d.

Reihenf. d. Richer d. Aristot. Org., 283 f.; K. Prantl, Gesch. d. Logik, i. 642.

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