Michael of Ephesus. A Commentator of Aristotle and a Thinker

• Authors: Georges Arabatzis

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Michael of Ephesus. A Commentator of Aristotle and a Thinker

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

FR

The article examines the state of research on Michael of Ephesus as a probable author of the Commentaries on Metaphysics E–N, mainly the works of Leonardo Tarán and Concetta Luna. In spite of their opposed views (Tarán rejects Michael’s authorship of the commentaries, while Luna supports it), they both agree on the mediocrity of the Byzantine author. The article questions the criteria for this negative appraisal and offers some material for reconsidering Michael of Ephesus’ idea of philosophical culture.

EN

The article examines the state of research on Michael of Ephesus as a probable author of the Commentaries on Metaphysics E–N, mainly the works of Leonardo Tarán and Concetta Luna. In spite of their opposed views (Tarán rejects Michael’s authorship of the commentaries, while Luna supports it), they both agree on the mediocrity of the Byzantine author. The article questions the criteria for this negative appraisal and offers some material for reconsidering Michael of Ephesus’ idea of philo­sophical culture.

Keywords

EN

Michel d’Ephèse; Aristote; Alexandre d’Aphrodisias; Métaphysique; Commentaire

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Peitho. Examina Antiqua
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 199-210

Dates

published

2012-02-11

Contributors

author

Georges Arabatzis

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pea.2012.1.9