"They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the…
This book brings together twenty articles giving a comprehensive view of the work of the Aristotelian commentators. ... The importance of the commentators is partly that they represent the thought and classroom teaching of the Aristotelian and…