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Die Harmonisierung platonischer und aristotelischer Ontologie im
neuplatonischen Kategorienkommentar
Commentaries on Plato’s and Aristotle’s works were central to the Neoplatonic
school’s curriculum. In a fixed order, established since Jamblichus, the
Aristotelian writings were first read, then the Platonic ones. At the beginning,
the logical writings of Aristotle and particularly his
Categories were examined. But like any other work, the
Categories were construed from the perspective of
Neoplatonic anagogy. In addition, the commentator was obliged to work out the
commonalities between the two philosophical teachings. That anagogical and
harmonising approach culminates in the commentaries on the
Categories with the integration of the Aristotelian concept
of substance into the Platonic concept of ideas. While Dexippus is primarily
engaged in the right modes of predication corresponding to the sensible and the
intelligible realm respectively, Simplicius focuses on the description of a
continuous connection of being.
Article outline
- 1.Der Kommentar im neuplatonischen Schulcurriculum
- 2.Der Gegenstand der Kategorienschrift in neuplatonischer Sicht
- 3.Formen der Prädikation und Stufung des Seins
- 4.Der Zusammenhang des Seins
- Notes
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Article language: German