Alexandre d'Aphrodise, Commentaire perdu à la 'Physique' d'Aristote (Livres IV-VIII) - Les scholies byzantines. Édition, traduction et commentaire

The no longer extant commentary by Alexander of Aphrodisias (approx. 200 AD) on Aristotle’s Physics is one of the most important works of antiquity ‑, as a source text having influenced both the Greek commentators on Aristotle and ‒ through the mediation of Arab scholars ‑ Western medieval philosophy. This volume presents the first edition and study of nearly 700 recently discovered Byzantine scholia, which allow a more exact reconstruction of Alexander’s teachings on physics, and at the same time contribute to a better understanding of Aristotelianism and preclassical physics.


Marwan Rashed, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, Frankreich.