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{{Short description|2nd-century Greek philosopher and author}} {{other people}} '''Aspasius''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|ˈ|s|p|eɪ|ʒ|i|ə|s|,_|æ|ˈ|s|p|eɪ|z|i|ə|s|,_|æ|ˈ|s|p|eɪ|ʒ|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἀσπάσιος}}; c. 80 – c. 150 AD) was a [[Peripatetic school|Peripatetic]] [[philosopher]]. [[Boethius]], who frequently referred to his works, said he wrote [[Commentaries on Aristotle|commentaries]] on most of the works of [[Aristotle]]. The following commentaries are expressly mentioned: on ''[[De Interpretatione]]'', the ''[[Physics (Aristotle)|Physica]]'', ''[[Metaphysics (Aristotle)|Metaphysica]]'', ''[[Categories (Aristotle)|Categoriae]]'', and the ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]''. A portion of the commentary on the ''Nicomachean Ethics'' (books 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8) is extant. The Greek text of this commentary was published as ''[[Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca]]'' (CAG) vol. 19.1, and David Konstan published an English translation. It is the earliest extant commentary on any of Aristotle's works. [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]] told that Aspasius wrote [[commentaries on Plato]], and that his Aristotelean works were used in [[Plotinus]]' school. [[Albert the Great]], in his commentary on Aristotle's ''[[Politics (Aristotle)|Politics]]'', wrote that a monograph on natural affections (''Libellus de naturalibus passionibus'') was written by Aspasius. ==References== *{{SmithDGRBM|title=Aspasius (2)}} ==Further reading== {{EB1911 poster|Aspasius}} * Antonina Alberti and Robert W. Sharples, eds., ''Aspasius: The Earliest Extant Commentary on Aristotle's Ethics'' (de Gruyter, 1999) {{ISBN|3-11-016081-1}} {{Peripatetics}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aspasius}} [[Category:80s births]] [[Category:150 deaths]] [[Category:2nd-century Greek philosophers]] [[Category:Greek-language commentators on Aristotle]] [[Category:Greek-language commentators on Plato]] [[Category:Roman-era Greeks]] [[Category:Roman-era Peripatetic philosophers]] {{AncientGreece-philosopher-stub}}
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