Adrastus of Aphrodisias | |
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Born | fl. 2nd century CE |
Era | Ancient philosophy |
Region | Ancient Roman philosophy |
School | Peripatetic school |
Main interests | Harmonics |
Adrastus of Aphrodisias ( Greek: Ἄδραστος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς; fl. 2nd century) was a Peripatetic philosopher who lived in the first half of the 2nd century AD. [1]
He was the author of a treatise on the arrangement of Aristotle's writings and his system of philosophy which was quoted by Simplicius, [2] and by Achilles Tatius.[ page needed] Some commentaries of his on the Timaeus of Plato are also quoted by Porphyry, [3] which was also used by Theon of Smyrna in the surviving sections of his On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato. [1] [4] and a treatise on the Categories of Aristotle by Galen.[ page needed] [5]
None of these works have survived. [5] In some medieval manuscripts, a work with the title Harmonica was attributed to Adrastus, however, this was a misattribution of a work by Manuel Bryennios. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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Adrastus of Aphrodisias | |
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Born | fl. 2nd century CE |
Era | Ancient philosophy |
Region | Ancient Roman philosophy |
School | Peripatetic school |
Main interests | Harmonics |
Adrastus of Aphrodisias ( Greek: Ἄδραστος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς; fl. 2nd century) was a Peripatetic philosopher who lived in the first half of the 2nd century AD. [1]
He was the author of a treatise on the arrangement of Aristotle's writings and his system of philosophy which was quoted by Simplicius, [2] and by Achilles Tatius.[ page needed] Some commentaries of his on the Timaeus of Plato are also quoted by Porphyry, [3] which was also used by Theon of Smyrna in the surviving sections of his On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato. [1] [4] and a treatise on the Categories of Aristotle by Galen.[ page needed] [5]
None of these works have survived. [5] In some medieval manuscripts, a work with the title Harmonica was attributed to Adrastus, however, this was a misattribution of a work by Manuel Bryennios. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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