Commentaries on Aristotle
- Date:
- Late 17th century - early 18th century
- Reference:
- MS.MSL.1/1
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Commentaries, highly philosophical and metaphysical, on the "Categoriae" of Aristotle.
Part of fo. 84 verso and the whole of fo. 85 recto have been left blank for an insertion that has never been made.
The "Categoriae", an abstruse discourse on the nature of simple names or expressions signifying different kinds of entities and capable of predication, is an early work, influenced by the teachings of Plato.
Publication/Creation
Late 17th century - early 18th century
Physical description
fo. 2-19
Terms of use
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Finding aids
Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).