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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.

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Author:   Gweltaz Guyomarc’h ,  Frans A.J. de Haas
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   170
Weight:   0.604kg
ISBN:  

9789004686014

ISBN 10:   9004686010
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   29 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Contributors 1 Alexander of Aphrodisias’ De mixtione: Text, Tradition, Reception  Jocelyn Groisard 2 De mixtione I–II: Alexander’s Dialectical Method  Gábor Betegh 3 De mixtione III–IV: The Stoics on Blending—Arguments, Proofs, Examples  Vladimír Mikeš 4 De mixtione V–VI: Common Notions and Bodies Receiving Bodies  Frans A.J. de Haas 5 De mixtione VII–VIII: On the Possibility of a Stoic Blend  Christian Pfeiffer 6 De mixtione IX–X: Promoting the Aristotelian Causal System  Fabienne Baghdassarian 7 De mixtione XI–XII: The Encounter of Two Ontologies  Gweltaz Guyomarc’h 8 De mixtione XIII: Finally, the Truth About Mixture  Klaus Corcilius 9 De mixtione XIV: The Ingredients’ Preservation in the Blend  Orna Harari 10 De mixtione XV: The Aristotelian Account Vindicated  István Bodnár 11 De mixtione XVI: On Growth  Pavel Gregorić and Péter Lautner Bibliography Index

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Gweltaz Guyomarc’h (PhD 2012) is Maître de conferences at the University of Lyon. He published a monograph and several articles on Alexander of Aphrodisias, as well as a French translation of Alexander’s commentary on Metaphysics Book III (Vrin, 2021). Frans A.J. de Haas (PhD 1995) holds the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University since 2003. He has published widely on Aristotle and the ancient commentary tradition. His current research focuses on Alexander of Aphrodisias. Main publications include John Philoponus’ New Definition of Prime Matter (Brill, 1997); Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione I. Proceedings of the Symposium Aristotelicum (OUP, 2004, edited with Jaap Mansfeld); and a series of recent articles on the metaphysics, psychology, and ethics of Alexander.

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