Stephanus Alexandrian Is a “Successor” of Ammonius
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In this paper the author analyzed the commentary on Aristotle’s Chapter 9 of “De Interpretatione” by Stephanus Alexandrian (the second half of VI – first half of VII c.) — the philosopher of late neoplatonic school. Stephanus Alexandrian was supposed to be the pupil of Johannes Philoponos who was one of Ammonius Hermiae‘s (435/445 – 517-526 C.E.) pupils and has not attracted special attention of philosophy historians till now though his philosophical works have survived. Stefanus‘ s commentary is not large and its content is quiet similar to Ammonius‘s commentary.
The corresponding fragment of Stephanus’s text was translated and analyzed. The author marks that Stephanus accepts the so called “traditional” or “standard” interpretation of the problem of “the sea battle tomorrow”. Generally speaking, its meaning consists in that there are differences in defining the truth of tensed propositions. We consider that propositions about past and present events are true or false but propositions about contingent future events have different truth values. Stefanus (followihg Ammonius) introduces the expression “definitely (horismenos) true” to characterize such propositions.
The Stephanus’s text containing the well known “reaper paradox” has been translated as well. This paradox was mentioned by many ancient authors, but it has survived only in the works of Ammonius, Stephanus and one more anonymous author. In Diogenes Laertius‘s edition there is the note which contains the reaper paradox translation. However this translation is very clipped that‘s why it is very misrepresented.
Lately the reaper paradox attracts attention of contemporary authors and requires further investigations.
DOI: 10.21146/2074-1472-2018-24-1-90-98
The corresponding fragment of Stephanus’s text was translated and analyzed. The author marks that Stephanus accepts the so called “traditional” or “standard” interpretation of the problem of “the sea battle tomorrow”. Generally speaking, its meaning consists in that there are differences in defining the truth of tensed propositions. We consider that propositions about past and present events are true or false but propositions about contingent future events have different truth values. Stefanus (followihg Ammonius) introduces the expression “definitely (horismenos) true” to characterize such propositions.
The Stephanus’s text containing the well known “reaper paradox” has been translated as well. This paradox was mentioned by many ancient authors, but it has survived only in the works of Ammonius, Stephanus and one more anonymous author. In Diogenes Laertius‘s edition there is the note which contains the reaper paradox translation. However this translation is very clipped that‘s why it is very misrepresented.
Lately the reaper paradox attracts attention of contemporary authors and requires further investigations.
DOI: 10.21146/2074-1472-2018-24-1-90-98
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Vorobyev V. V. Stephanus Alexandrian Is a “Successor” of Ammonius // Logicheskie Issledovaniya / Logical Investigations. 2018. VOL. 24. № 1. C. 90-98.
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Ammonius in Aristotelis De Interpretatione Commentarius. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca IV, 5 / Ed. by A. Busse. Berlin, 1897.
Ammonius On Aristotle’s On Interpretation 9 with Boethius On Aristotle’s On Interpretation 9 / Trans. by D. Blank, N. Kretzmann. London. Ithaca, 1998.
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Aristotle Transformed. The Ancient Commentators and Their Influence / Ed. by R. Sorabji. N. Y., 1990.
A Brief History of the Paradox: Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind. Oxford, 2003.
Byzantine Philosophy and its Ancient Sources / Ed. by K. Ierodiakonou. Oxford, 2002.
The Cambridge history of later Greek and early Medieval philiosophy. Cambridge, 1967.
Encyclopedia of philosophy / Ed. by P. Edwards. Vol. 1. N. Y., 1967.
Griffin M. Ammonius and the Alexandrian School. Ch. 20 // Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aristotle in Antiquity / Ed. by A. Falcon. Brill, 2016. P. 1–19.
Marko Vladimir. Some Sketchy Notes on the Reaper Argument // Organon F: Medzin_arodn_y Casopis Pre Analytick_u Filozofiu. 2012. Vol. 19(3). P. 361–387.
Roueche M. A philosophical portrait of Stephanos the Philosopher // Aristotle. Re-interpreted. New Findings on Seven Hundred Years of the Ancient Commentators. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. P. 542–563.
Sorabji R. The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200–600 AD // Logic and metaphysics. Соrnell University Press, 2005.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy / Ed. by Edward N. Zalta. URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/ (дата обращения: 08.04.2018).
Stephani in librum Aristotelis De Interpretatione commentarium // Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, vol. XVIII, pars III, Berolini, MDCCCLXXXV.