{"product_id":"alexander-on-aristotle-metaphysics-12-9781350185623","title":"Alexander On Aristotle Metaphysics 12","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume presents a commentary on Aristotle's \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e Book 12 by pseudo-Alexander in a new translation accompanied by explanatory notes, introduction and indexes. Fred D. Miller, Jr. argues that the author of the commentary is in fact not Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristotle's distant successor in early 3rd century CE Athens and his leading defender and interpreter, but Michael of Ephesus from Constantinople as late as the 12th century CE. Robert Browning had earlier made the case that Michael was enlisted by Princess Anna Comnena in a project to restore and complete the ancient Greek commentaries on Aristotle, including those of Alexander; he did so by incorporating available ancient commentaries into commentaries of his own. \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e Book 12 posits a god as the supreme cause of motion in the cosmic system Aristotle had elaborated elsewhere as having the earth at the centre. The fixed stars are whirled around it on an outer sphere, the sun, moon and recognised p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiller’s translation is clear, and the English flows naturally. Moreover, he has enlarged Michael’s lemmata, so that the reader can see what is being commented on. Copious notes provide further help, and there are useful indexes and appendices. * The Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Conventions  Abbreviations   Introduction             1. The place of Book 12 in Aristotle’s \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e             2. Who wrote the commentary on Book 12?             3. Critical assessments of Ps.-Alexander             4. Ps.-Alexander’s interpretation of \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics 12\u003c\/i\u003e             5. Sources of Ps.-Alexander’s commentary on \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e 12   Textual Emendations   Translation   Notes Appendix I: Freudenthal’s Comparison of the Two Alexanders Appendix II: Comparison of Ps.-Alexander’s Readings with the Aristotle Manuscripts Bibliography   English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages from Other Works Subject Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019634377047,"sku":"9781350185623","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350185623.jpg?v=1750780853","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alexander-on-aristotle-metaphysics-12-9781350185623","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}