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  Ammonius Hermiae - New World Encyclopedia
C.E.) was a Greek philosopher, and the son of Hermias, a fellow-pupil of Proclus.
Ammonius' mother Aedesia, a relative of Syrianus, had initially been engaged to marry Proclus (a student of Syrianus who succeeded him as head in 437), but Proclus received a divine warning to avoid the match.
Ammonius is known for introducing an Alexandrian tradition of commentary on Aristotle, and for his authorship of the first preserved version of the set of questions to be answered preliminary to the study of Aristotle.
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 Ammonius Hermiae - LoveToKnow 1911
AMMONIUS HERMIAE (5th century A.D.), Greek philosopher, the son of Hermias or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of Proclus.
A life of Aristotle, ascribed to Ammonius, but with more accuracy to John Philoponus, is often prefixed to editions of Aristotle.
Of the value of the logical writings of Ammonius there are various opinions.
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 Ammonius (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
On hypothetical syllogisms (fragment at Ammonius, in An.
Ammonius says that this is still the case when, due to the nature of the thing in question, one of the disjuncts is true in a definite manner, as in ‘either fire is hot or fire is not hot’ (154,11).
Ammonius was chiefly influential as the founder of the school of Aristotle-interpretation in Alexandria.
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 Joannes Philoponus - LoveToKnow 1911
He was a pupil of Ammonius Hermiae, and is supposed to have written the life of Aristotle sometimes attributed to his master.
It is said that, though he was a pupil of Ammonius, he was at first a Christian, and he has been credited with the authorship of a commentary on the Mosaic Cosmogony in eight books, dedicated to Sergius, patriarch of Constantinople, and edited by Balthasar Corderius in 1630.
Two treatises on mathematics are ascribed to him: A Commentary on the Mathematics of Nicomachus, edited by Hoche (1864 and 1867), and a Treatise on the Use of the Astrolabe, published by Hase.
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  Ammonius (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2005 Edition)
On hypothetical syllogisms (fragment at Ammonius, in An.
Ammonius says that this is still the case when, due to the nature of the thing in question, one of the disjuncts is true in a definite manner, as in ‘either fire is hot or fire is not hot’ (154,11).
Ammonius was chiefly influential as the founder of the school of Aristotle-interpretation in Alexandria.
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 Ammonius Saccas - LoveToKnow 1911
AMMONIUS SACCAS (3rd century A.D.), Greek philosopher of Alexandria, often called the founder of the neo-Platonic school.
After long study and meditation, Ammonius opened a school of philosophy in Alexandria.
His death is variously given between A.D. 240 and 245.
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 Simplicius biography
Ammonius himself was a pupil of Proclus and Eutocius dedicated his commentary on Book I of Archimedes' On the sphere and cylinder to him.
Ammonius's main work throughout his life was writing critical works on Aristotle and this clearly influenced Simplicius who was himself to write extensive commentaries on Aristotle.
After studying under Ammonius in Alexandria, Simplicius went to Athens where he studied with the
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 AMMONIUS GRAMMATICUS - Online Information article about AMMONIUS GRAMMATICUS
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AMMONIUS GRAMMATICUS, the supposed author of a See also:
Byzantine editor, whose name may have been Ammonius.
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 Ammonius Hermiae Summary and Analysis Summary
A student of Proclus (410?-485), Ammonius taught Eutocius of Ascalon (c.
Ammonius Hermiae (5th century AD) was a Greek philosopher, and the son of Hermias, a fellow-pupil of Proclus, and the Neoplatonic philosopher Aedesia.
He taught at Alexandria, and had among his scholars Asclepius of Tralles, John Philoponus, Damascius...
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 Simplicius (print-only)
Simplicius was born in Cilicia in southern Anatolia which had been a Roman province from the first century BC.
We know that he went to Alexandria where he studied philosophy at the school of Ammonius Hermiae.
After studying under Ammonius in Alexandria, Simplicius went to Athens where he studied with the Neoplatonist philosopher Damascius.
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 THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SOZOMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Address to the Emperor Theodosius by Salaminius Hermias Sozomen, and Proposal for an Ecclesiastical History.
Hermias was quite a common name even among Christians.
It was originally connected with the household or local worship of Hermes, as the giver of an unexpected gift, or it may be as the utterance of a parental wish for the future success of the newcomer.
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 AMMONIUS HERMIAE (5th ... - Online Information article about AMMONIUS HERMIAE (5th ...
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life of Aristotle, ascribed to Ammonius, but with more accuracy to John Philoponus, is often prefixed to See also:
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Ammonius Hermiae (5th century AD) was a Byzantine Emρire ρhilosoρher, anɗ the son of Hermias or Hermeias, a fellow-ρuρil of Proclus.
A life of Aristotle, ascribeɗ to Ammonius, but with more accuracy to John Philoρonus, is often ρrefixeɗ to eɗitions of Aristotle.
Of the value of the logical writings of Ammonius there are various oρinions.
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 John Philoponus - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The name Grammaticus he assumed in virtue of his lectures on language and literature; the name Philoponus came from the large number of treatises he composed (it means lover of toil).
He was a pupil of Ammonius Hermiae, and is supposed to have written the life of Aristotle.
Philoponus wrote at least 40 of works on theology and philosophy.
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 Amazon.com: "Share With Philoponus Christianizing Aristotle"
The third reason is that a great deal of academic theology moved away from defending the claims of orthodox Christian theism in traditional ways, often seeking devices for re-interpreting these claims in ways congenial to contemporary modes of thought which often ran contrary to the methods employed in analytic philosophy.
John Philoponus (490-570), a native of Alexandria, Egypt, and a student there of the celebrated Aristotelian commentator Ammonius Hermiae.
As a Christian philosopher, theologian, and literary scholar, whose writings expressed an independent Christian synthesis of Alexandrine Hellenistic thought, which in translation contributed to Syriac and Arabic cultures and to medieval Western thought.
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Ammonius and the Seabattle: Texts, Commentary, and Essays (Hardcover)
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 Commentaries on Aristotle
And the Stoics took such a view of life, as something to be assessed not by its success in achieving objectives, but by the objectives chosen and the way in which they were pursued.
On Aristotle's on Interpretation 1-8 by Hermiae Ammonius, edited and translated with introduction and notes by David Bland (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, Cornell University Press)
Simplicius reveals that his teacher, Ammonius, harmonized Aristotle with Plato to counter Christian charges of pagan disagreement, by making Aristotle's God a cause not only of beginningless movement, but also of beginningless existence of the universe.
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Ammonius and the seabattle : texts, commentary, and essays
by Gerhard Seel; Jean-Pierre Schneider; Daniel Schulthess; Mario Mignucci; Ammonius, Hermiae.
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 Almagest - New WikiPedia , the free encyclopedia
The Pope declined the dedication of the translation, and Regiomontanus' translation had the upper hand for the next century and more.
Commentaries on Almagest were written by Theon of Alexandria (extant), Pappus of Alexandria (fragments), and Ammonius Hermiae (lost).
Two translations of the Almagest have been published in English.
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 The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Thus, on the whole, while it is extremely probable that Valesius is right in setting the date of Socrates' birth in 379, this event may have taken place several years later.
Nothing further is known of Socrates' early life and education except that he studied under Ammonius and Helladius, as already noted.
Valesius has conjectured from the mention of Troïlus, the famous rhetorician, [12] that Socrates must have received instruction from this teacher also, but with no sufficient foundation.
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Ammonius Hermiae (5th century AD) was a Byzantine Empire philosopher ; anɗ the son of Hermias or Hermeias; a fellow-pupil of Proclus
A life of Aristotle; ascribeɗ to Ammonius; but with more accuracy to John Philoponus ; is often prefixeɗ to eɗitions of Aristotle
You may redistribute it; verbatim or modified; providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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 Ammonius and the seabattle
Ammonius and the seabattle: texts, commentary, and essays
edited by Gerhard Seel; in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Schneider and Daniel Schulthess; Ammonius on Aristotle: De interpretatione 9 (and 7, 1-17) Greek text established by A. Busse, reprint from CAG IV/v English translation by David Blank, revised by J.-P. Schneider and Gerhard Seel; philosophical commentary by Gerhard Seel; essays by Mario Mignucci and Gerhard Seel
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 Ammonius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are a number of famous people called Ammonius:
Ammonius Saccas, Neoplatonist philosopher, 3rd century AD Ammonius of Alexandria (Christian), Christian philosopher, 3rd century AD Ammonius of Athen, Platonist philosopher, 1st century AD Ammonius Hermiae, Philosopher, also of Alexandria, 5 century AD There is also a spider genus called Ammonius (Barychelidae)
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same human name.
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 Textbooks by Ammonius - Direct Textbook   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On Aristotle's on Interpretation 9: With on Aristotle's on Interpretation 9/Boethius : First and Second Commentaries (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Hermiae Ammonius
Ammonius: on Aristotle: Categories (The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Ammonius
On Aristotle's on Interpretation 1-8 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by Hermiae Ammonius
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