Reviews for Porphyry Introduction

The average rating for Porphyry Introduction based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-07-16 00:00:00 Jesse Jorde Basically, this is an introduction to (or maybe a synopsis of) Aristotle's Categories by the Neo-Platonist Porphyry. I just finished Aristotle's logical works, so that subject matter is still fresh enough in my mind that nothing here struck me as terribly novel or elucidative. That being said, this work was popular during the Middle Ages and some have found it helpful when reading Aristotle's categorical writings. I am going through Porphyry's works at the moment, so I will save my comments regarding him for other reviews.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-20 00:00:00 Virginia Garrett I rate this five stars not because it's original in any way but because it's a very clear explanation of a dense text. Porphyry is, like Aquinas, sometimes better at writing Aristotle than Aristotle is. Highly recommended to anyone struggling with Aristotle but who doesn't want to use boring contemporary secondary texts. Porphyry rocks (pun very much intended).