Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Eclecticism in modern and ancient thought
- Chapter 2 Eclecticism and Alexandria in the first century bc
- Chapter 3 Potamo of Alexandria, life and work
- Chapter 4 The eclectic system of Potamo's Elementary Teaching
- Chapter 5 Potamo and Aristotle's On the Heavens
- Chapter 6 Further references to Potamo
- Chapter 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of passages cited
Chapter 6 - Further references to Potamo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Eclecticism in modern and ancient thought
- Chapter 2 Eclecticism and Alexandria in the first century bc
- Chapter 3 Potamo of Alexandria, life and work
- Chapter 4 The eclectic system of Potamo's Elementary Teaching
- Chapter 5 Potamo and Aristotle's On the Heavens
- Chapter 6 Further references to Potamo
- Chapter 7 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index of passages cited
Summary
It remains to examine two more references transmitting material attributed to a Potamo. Due to the non-philosophical context of their source texts and their isolated nature, these references are more difficult to pin down in terms of origin than the material from Simplicius. As a result, I will limit myself to a brief examination of the potential implications and additional information that may be gained from what can only be a tentative attribution to Potamo the Eclectic philosopher from Alexandria.
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- Potamo of Alexandria and the Emergence of Eclecticism in Late Hellenistic Philosophy , pp. 163 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011