Porphyry - (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) by G Clarke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>The ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle constitute a large body of Greek philosophical writings, not previously translated into European languages. This volume includes notes and indexes and forms part of a series to fill this gap.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Porphyry's <i>On Abstinence from Killing Animals </i>is one of the most interesting books from Greek antiquity for both philosophers and historians. In it, Porphyry relates the arguments for eating or sacrificing animals and then goes on to argue that an understanding of humans and gods shows such sacrifice to be inappropriate, that an understanding of animals shows it to be unjust, and that a knowledge of non-Greeks shows it to be unnecessary. <br/><br/>There are no Neoplatonist commentaries on Aristotle's <i>Ethics </i>from the period AD 250-600. Thus, although this work is not a commentary on Aristotle, it fills a gap in this series by going to the heart of ethical debates among Neoplatonists around AD 300, and revealing one ascetic Neoplatonist's view of the ideal way of life. It also records rival positions taken on the treatment of animals by Greek philosophers over the previous six hundred years.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Gillian Clark is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool and Professor-elect of Ancient History, University of Bristol.</p>
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