LEADER 04534nam 22007091c 450 001 9910465300903321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5152-4 010 $a1-4725-0037-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472551528 035 $a(CKB)2560000000146994 035 $a(EBL)1659729 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001215030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11689202 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215030 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11176971 035 $a(PQKB)10979486 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1659729 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1659729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856283 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603704 035 $a(OCoLC)878148122 035 $a(OCoLC)875239255 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255000 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000146994 100 $a20140929d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheophrastus $fAeneas of Gaza ; translated by John Dillon and Donald Russell. With, Ammonius / Zacharias of Mytilene ; translated by Sebastian Gertz 210 1$aLondon $cBristol Classical Press $d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 1 $aAncient commentators on Aristotle 300 $a"Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4725-5801-4 311 $a1-78093-209-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes 327 $aIntroduction -- Part One: Aeneas of Gaza: Theophrastus -- Textual Emendations -- Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index -- Part Two: Zacharias of Mytilene: Ammonius -- Textual Emendations -- Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index 330 $a"50 years before Philoponus, two Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist professor in Alexandria, Ammonius, and claims a leading role in the riot which led to the cleverest Neoplatonist, Damascius, fleeing to Athens. It was only Philoponus, however, who was able to embarrass the Neoplatonists by arguing against them on their own terms."--Bloomsbury Publishing 330 8 $a50 years before Philoponus, two Christians from Gaza, seeking to influence Alexandrian Christians, defended the Christian belief in resurrection and the finite duration of the world, and attacked rival Neoplatonist views. Aeneas addresses an unusual version of the food chain argument against resurrection, that our bodies will get eaten by other creatures. Zacharias attacks the Platonist examples of synchronous creation, which were the production of light, of shadow, and of a footprint in the sand. A fragment survives of a third Gazan contribution by Procopius. Zacharias lampoons the Neoplatonist professor in Alexandria, Ammonius, and claims a leading role in the riot which led to the cleverest Neoplatonist, Damascius, fleeing to Athens. It was only Philoponus, however, who was able to embarrass the Neoplatonists by arguing against them on their own terms. This volume contains an English translation of the works by Aeneas of Gaza and Zacharias of Mytilene, accompanied by a detailed introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography. 410 0$aAncient commentators on Aristotle. 606 $aNeoplatonism 606 $2Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 606 $aPhilosophy and religion 615 0$aNeoplatonism. 615 0$aPhilosophy and religion. 676 $a186.4 700 $aAeneas$cof Gaza,$factive 5th century,$0168532 701 $aZacharias$cBishop of Mytilene.$0977355 702 $aDillon$b John M. 702 $aRussell$b D. A$g(Donald Andrew), 702 $aGertz$b Sebastian Ramon Philipp 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465300903321 996 $aTheophrastus$92226430 997 $aUNINA