Studies on Alexander of Aphrodisias’ On Mixture and Growth

Gweltaz Guyomarc’h (PhD 2012) is Maître de conferences at the University of Lyon. He published a monograph and several articles on Alexander of Aphrodisias, as well as a French translation of Alexander’s commentary on Metaphysics Book III (Vrin, 2021). Frans A.J. de Haas (PhD 1995) holds the Chair of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at Leiden University since 2003. He has published widely on Aristotle and the ancient commentary tradition. His current research focuses on Alexander of Aphrodisias. Main publications include John Philoponus’ New Definition of Prime Matter (Brill, 1997); Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione I. Proceedings of the Symposium Aristotelicum (OUP, 2004, edited with Jaap Mansfeld); and a series of recent articles on the metaphysics, psychology, and ethics of Alexander.

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1 Alexander of Aphrodisias’ De mixtione: Text, Tradition, Reception


 Jocelyn Groisard





2 De mixtione I–II: Alexander’s Dialectical Method


 Gábor Betegh





3 De mixtione III–IV: The Stoics on Blending—Arguments, Proofs, Examples


 Vladimír Mikeš





4 De mixtione V–VI: Common Notions and Bodies Receiving Bodies


 Frans A.J. de Haas





5 De mixtione VII–VIII: On the Possibility of a Stoic Blend


 Christian Pfeiffer





6 De mixtione IX–X: Promoting the Aristotelian Causal System


 Fabienne Baghdassarian





7 De mixtione XI–XII: The Encounter of Two Ontologies


 Gweltaz Guyomarc’h





8 De mixtione XIII: Finally, the Truth About Mixture


 Klaus Corcilius





9 De mixtione XIV: The Ingredients’ Preservation in the Blend


 Orna Harari





10 De mixtione XV: The Aristotelian Account Vindicated


 István Bodnár





11 De mixtione XVI: On Growth


 Pavel Gregorić and Péter Lautner





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