Themistius

There is evidence that already Theophrastus puzzled over it (Themistius, In DA 110. 18-28).

Commentators on Aristotle Falcon, Andrea 2009

Although Themistius does not name names, he is clearly reacting against the reading advanced by Alexander of Aphrodisias.

Commentators on Aristotle Falcon, Andrea 2009

A few years later Vettius Agorius Praetextatus is known to have translated the Greek paraphrases of the Prior and Posterior Analytics produced by Themistius (Boethius, De Int. 2 3. 6-4.3).

Commentators on Aristotle Falcon, Andrea 2009

Themistius was the champion of this particular form of exegesis in antiquity.

Commentators on Aristotle Falcon, Andrea 2009

The Arabic translation of a Letter by Themistius On Government is attributed to Abu ˜Uthman al-Dimashqi (Gutas 1975, 47).

Greek Sources in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy D'Ancona, Cristina 2009

Themistius is adamantly clear that there is only one separate, unmixed and unaffected active intellect.

Commentators on Aristotle Falcon, Andrea 2009

The genre of Aristotelian paraphrase, that is, adaptations in which Aristotle's text is rephrased, reorganized, and amplified or pruned, as need be, in order to make it more easily understood, was allegedly invented by Themistius in the mid-4th century, revived by Michael Psellos in the mid-11th century, and further developed by Sophonias and others in the late 13th to early 14th centuries.

Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

Periodically, there seems to have been significant interest also in the second book of the Posterior Analytics, since we have no fewer than four extant Byzantine commentaries on it, in addition to the ancient paraphrase by Themistius and the commentary by pseudo-Philoponus.

Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

VIII.xxiii. 1; and for the custom, see Themistius, “Or.” 21, p. 250 A.

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

Maimonides set the tone of this Jewish approach to Averroes by affirming in his letter to Samuel Ibn Tibbon: “Take care not to read Aristotle's books without the commentaries on them: those by Alexander (of Aphrodisias), those by Themistius, and those by Averroes” (Marx 1934-1935, 378).

Influence of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy on Judaic Thought Zonta, Mauro 2007