3. Boethius's Project

Author: Marenbon, John

Source: Boethius, February 2003 , pp. 17-43(27)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

Examines Boethius's translations of logical texts by Aristotle and Porphyry, and his commentaries on them. It sets out Boethius's interpretation of the Aristotelian Categories, his response to the Problem of Universals, his semantics, and his first answer to the problem of free will and divine prescience. It argues that Boethius made an important decision to go against the trend of logical commentary in his period and return to Porphyry's strongly Aristotelian approach.

Keywords: categories; Aristotle; logical texts; Porphyry; problem of universals; divine prescience; semantics; translations; commentaries

Document Type: Research article

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