Table of Contents

Preface Conventions Abbreviations Introduction 1. The place of Book 12 in Aristotle’s Metaphysics 2. Who wrote the commentary on Book 12? 3. Critical assessments of Ps.-Alexander 4. Ps.-Alexander’s interpretation of Metaphysics 12 5. Sources of Ps.-Alexander’s commentary on Metaphysics 12 Textual Emendations Translation Notes Appendix I: Freudenthal’s Comparison of the Two Alexanders Appendix II: Comparison of Ps.-Alexander’s Readings with the Aristotle Manuscripts Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages from Other Works Subject Index

Promotional Information

A new translation of a commentary by pseudo-Alexander on Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book 12 accompanied by extensive explanatory notes, introduction and indexes.

About the Author

Fred D. Miller Jr. is Research Fellow at the University of Arizona, USA and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, USA.

Reviews

Miller’s translation is clear, and the English flows naturally. Moreover, he has enlarged Michael’s lemmata, so that the reader can see what is being commented on. Copious notes provide further help, and there are useful indexes and appendices.
*The Classical Review*