期刊名称:The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition
印刷版ISSN:1872-5082
电子版ISSN:1872-5473
出版年度:2012
卷号:6
期号:2
页码:173-185
DOI:10.1163/18725473-12341234
出版社:BRILL
摘要:Abstract Simplicius in Cat. 12,10-13,12 presents an interesting justification for the study of Aristotle’s Categories, based in Neoplatonic psychology and metaphysics. I suggest that this passage could be regarded as a testimonium to Iamblichus’ reasons for endorsing Porphyry’s selection of the Categories as an introductory text of Platonic philosophy. These Iamblichean arguments, richly grounded in Neoplatonic metaphysics and psychology, may have exercised an influence comparable to Porphyry’s.