How Long to Read Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms

How Long Does it Take to Read Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms by Michael Chase

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One of his six introductions to philosophy, widely used by students in Alexandria, Ammonius' lecture on Porphyry was recorded in writing by his students in the commentary translated here. Along with five other types of introductions (three of which are translated in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle volume Elias and David: Introductions to Philosophy with Olympiodorus: Introduction to Logic) it made Greek philosophy more accessible to other cultures. These introductions became standard in Ammonius' school and included a popular set of five or more definitions of philosophy, some of them drawn from commentaries on quite different works. Ammonius' lecture expounded the most celebrated and discussed previous introduction written by Porphyry 200 years earlier, which was devoted to five main technical terms of Aristotle's logic. Ammonius was sympathetic to Porphyry because they both sought to harmonise the views of Plato and Aristotle with each other, arguing in different ways that the two philosophers did not disagree about the nature of universals. Porphyry's introduction was a hugely influential work for centuries after its composition, and this commentary by Ammonius served to maintain its position at the centre of later schools of philosophy. This English translation of Ammonius' work is the latest volume in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series and makes this philosophical work accessible to a modern readership. The translation is accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography, glossary of translated terms and a subject index.

How long is Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms?

Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms by Michael Chase is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

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The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Ammonius: Interpretation of Porphyry’s Introduction to Aristotle’s Five Terms aloud.

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