Categoriae decem

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Categoriae decem ( Ten Categories ), also called Paraphrasis Themistiana , is a Latin summaryof Aristotle's category writing . She will u. a. Dated to the 4th century and located in the circle of Themistius or in the Neo-Platonic context and u. a. Attributed to Vettius Agorius Praetextatus . Sometimes it is only dated to the 8th to 9th centuries, e.g. Attributed toB. Remigius von Auxerre . The work was traditionallyascribed to Augustine , but this is untenable, as the editors of the text edition of 1674 (reprinted by Migne) noted.

Around 370 Augustine describes the enthusiasm for the Aristotelian category writing in Latin schools, which, if one excludes the use of the Greek text for good reasons, can only refer to three Latin editions: the chapters in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii by Martianus Capella , the (not handed down) translation by Marius Victorinus or the Categoriae Decem . Also Isidore of Seville (around 560-636) does not use the translation of Boethius, but fragments of Cassiodorus (which itself Boethius used), Martianus Capella and Categoriae decem .

The Categoriae decem were one of the most important sources for early medieval European logic lessons, especially in the 9th and 10th centuries. The work was glossed over by Heiricus von Auxerre (approx. 835 - approx. 887). As long as the genuine Aristotelian script was not available, the Categoriae decem were mostly taken for a complete Latin translation of the same. The Categoriae u. a. from Johannes Scotus Eriugena , Ratramnus from Corbie , Fridugisus from Tours and above all Alcuin , who is responsible for the wide use within the Franconian education system. In the 11th century the influence of the Categoriae decem diminished as the real Aristotelian script became accessible in Latin translation; more recent Latin translations are u. a. by Boethius (510), an anonymous translator of the 9th or 10th century, and finally Wilhelm von Moerbeke (1266).

literature

  • Critical edition: Lorenzo Minio Paluello (ed.): Categoriae vel Praedicamenta. Translatio Boethii, Editio Composite, Translatio Guillelmi de Moerbeka, Lemmata e Simplicii commentario decerpta, Pseudo-Augustini Paraphrasis Themistiana - Desclée, Aristoteles Latinus , De Brouwer, Bruges-Paris 1961

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ L. Minio-Paluello: The Text of the Categoriae: The Latin Tradition, in: The Classical Quarterly 39 / 3-4 (1945), 66
  2. ^ John Marenbon: Early medieval philosophy (480-1150) , An introduction, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983, 23-26; Minio-Paluello, lc, 67f pleads for an Albinus from this circle
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  4. ↑ Against: Minio-Paluello, lc, 67; for this: G. Pfligersdorffer: On the question of the author of the pseudo-Augustinian Categoriae decem , in: WS 65 (1950-51), 131-37; Klaus Oehler (ed.): Aristoteles: Categories, Akademie Verlag 2006, ISBN 3050042702 , p. 130.
  5. ↑ Michael Baldzuhn:  Remigius von Auxerre. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 1146-1149.  ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive ) . B. the use by Isidor (see Minio-Paluello, lc, 70).
  6. ^ Minio-Paluello, lc, 66
  7. ^ Minio-Paluello, lc, 65f
  8. ^ Minio-Paluello, lc, 70
  9. ↑ Minio-Paluello, lc with further information on older literature; P. 34 ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ohiolink.edu
  10. ↑ p. 30 ( Memento of October 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 220 kB).
  11. ^ John Marenbon: John Scottus and the Categoriae decem , in: Werner Beierwaltes (ed.): Eriugena: Studies on his sources, lectures of the III. International Eriugena Colloquium, Freiburg im Breisgau, 27. – 30. August 1979. PE Hochschild: Ousia in the Categoriae decem and the Periphyseon of John Scottus Eriugena, in: Michael Treschow, Willemien Otten, Walter Hannam (eds.): Divine Creation in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Thought, Essays Presented to the Rev'd Dr Robert D. Crouse, Brills Studies in Intellectual History 151 (2007), 213-222
  12. ^ Rosamond McKitterick: The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians , 1983, pp. 286f