c. 440–520 CE · Platonist philosopher · commentator on Aristotle
Ammonius, son of Hermias
Ἀμμώνιος ὁ Ἑρμείου
Known · AttestedWorked in Alexandria.
In Alexandria: c. 470–520 CE
Studied with Proclus in Athens and taught at Alexandria for decades, reading Aristotle as the gateway to Plato. His pupils included Philoponus, Simplicius and Olympiodorus, and his lectures are the backbone of the Alexandrian commentaries on Aristotle.
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On the shelves
- Ammonius son of Hermias, Commentary on Aristotle's On Interpretation, and lecture notes on other works · c. 470–520 CE · Survives in large part
Moments
- c. 430–610s CE · The late schools teach Plato and Aristotle Known: attested
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Sources (3)
- Damascius, Philosophical History fragments on Ammonius (ed. Athanassiadi 1999)
- E. J. Watts, City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006)
- R. Sorabji (ed.), Philoponus and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science (London: Duckworth, 1987)