Studies on Alexander of Aphrodisias' On mixture and growth

• Titel: Studies on Alexander of Aphrodisias' On mixture and growth
• Mitwirkende: Guyomarc'h, Gweltaz [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Haas, Frans A. J. de [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Gweltaz Guyomarc'h, Frans A.J. de Haas
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: VI, 276 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Philosophia antiqua ; volume 170
• Fussnoten: This volume has its roots in a conference held at the University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 in 2018 (Acknowledgments)
• ISBN: 978-90-04-68601-4
• Schlagwörter: (t)Alexander <Aphrodisiensis> / De mixtione
• Dokumenttyp: Konferenzschrift: (2018 : Lyon)
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Guyomarc'h, Gweltaz: Studies on Alexander of Aphrodisias' on Mixture and Growth. - 1st ed.. - Boston : BRILL, 2023. - 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Studies on Alexander of Aphrodisias’ On Mixture and Growth. - Leiden : Brill, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (276 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1866091964

Abstract

"This volume sheds new light on Alexander of Aphrodisias' On Mixture and Growth as an intelligent and carefully crafted rebuttal of Stoic blending, which Alexander regarded as the closest rival of his own brand of hylomorphism. The authors explore Alexander's dialectical method and determine the precise character of the Stoic theory he attacks. The problematic notions of mutual co-extension and infinite division appear in their proper context, while the successive stages of the process of blending are carefully distinguished from the resulting state of the blend. In this perspective the discussion of growth that closes Alexander's work finds its natural place"--