Editing Alexander of Aphrodisias (section)

===Commentaries===
[[File:Alexander - Commentaria in Analytica priora Aristotelis, 1549 - 4725692.tif |thumb|''Commentaria in Analytica priora Aristotelis'', 1549]]
[[File:Andrea briosco, aristotele e alessandro di afrodisia.JPG|thumb|[[Andrea Briosco]], ''Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias'', 16th century [[plaquette]], [[Bode Museum|Bode-Museum]]]]
[[File:Alexander Aphrodisiensis – Commentaria in meteorologica Aristotelis, 1548 – BEIC 4779395.jpg|thumb|upright|''Commentaria in meteorologica Aristotelis'', 1548]]

Alexander composed several [[Commentaries on Aristotle|commentaries on the works of Aristotle]], in which he sought to escape a [[Syncretism|syncretistic]] tendency and to recover the pure doctrines of Aristotle.<ref name="eb1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Alexander of Aphrodisias|inline=1|volume=1|page=566}}</ref> His extant commentaries are on ''[[Prior Analytics]]'' (Book 1), ''[[Topics (Aristotle)|Topics]]'', ''[[Meteorology (Aristotle)|Meteorology]]'', ''[[Sense and Sensibilia (Aristotle)|Sense and Sensibilia]]'', and ''[[Metaphysics (Aristotle)|Metaphysics]]'' (Books 1–5).<ref name="zeyl">Donald J. Zeyl, [[Daniel Devereux]], Phillip Mitsis, (1997), ''Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy'', page 20.</ref> The commentary on the ''[[Sophistical Refutations]]'' is deemed spurious, as is the commentary on the final nine books of the ''Metaphysics''.<ref name="fortenbaugh22">William W. Fortenbaugh, R. W. Sharples, (2005), ''Theophrastus of Eresus, sources for his life, writings, thought and Influence'', page 22. BRILL</ref> The lost commentaries include works on the ''[[De Interpretatione]]'', ''[[Posterior Analytics]]'', ''[[Physics (Aristotle)|Physics]]'', ''[[On the Heavens]]'', ''[[On Generation and Corruption]]'', ''[[On the Soul]]'', and ''[[On Memory]]''.<ref name="fortenbaugh22"/> [[Simplicius of Cilicia]] mentions that Alexander provided commentary on the [[quadrature of the lune]]s, and the corresponding problem of [[squaring the circle]].<ref>Dunham, William. ''Journey through Genius'', Penguin, 1991</ref> In April 2007, it was reported that imaging analysis had discovered an early commentary on Aristotle's ''[[Categories (Aristotle)|Categories]]'' in the [[Archimedes Palimpsest]], and [[Robert Sharples (classicist)|Robert Sharples]] suggested Alexander as the most likely author.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6591221.stm | work=BBC News | title=Text reveals more ancient secrets | date=2007-04-26}}</ref>