Editing Ammonius Hermiae (section)

==Writings==
[[File:Ammonios Hermeiou.jpg|thumb|right|First page of the [[editio princeps|first edition]] of the ''Isagoge'' commentary, Venice 1500]]
Of his reputedly numerous writings, only his commentary on Aristotle's ''De Interpretatione'' survives intact. A commentary on [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]]'s ''[[Isagoge]]'' may also be his, but it is somewhat corrupt and contains later interpolations.

In ''De Interpretatione'', Ammonius contends that divine foreknowledge makes void the contingent. Like [[Boethius]] in his second ''Commentary'' and in ''[[The Consolation of Philosophy]],'' this argument maintains the effectiveness of prayer. Ammonius cites [[Iamblichus]], who said "knowledge is intermediate between the knower and the known, since it is the activity of the knower concerning the known."<ref>
''Medieval Philosophy and the Classical Tradition'', Curzon Press, John Inglis, 2002, pg. 128.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tempelis|first=Elias|date=1997|title=Iamblichus and the School of Ammonius, Son of Hermias, On Divine Omniscience|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/syllecta_classica/v008/8.tempelis.html|journal=Syllecta Classica|language=en|volume=8|issue=1|pages=207–217|doi=10.1353/syl.1997.0005|issn=2160-5157}}</ref>

In addition, there are some notes of Ammonius' lectures written by various students which also survive:

*On Aristotle's ''Categories'' (anonymous writer)
*On Aristotle's ''Prior Analytics I'' (anonymous writer)
*On Aristotle's ''Metaphysics 1–7'' (written by [[Asclepius of Tralles|Asclepius]])
*On [[Nicomachus]]' ''Introduction to Arithmetic'' (written by Asclepius)
*On Aristotle's ''Prior Analytics'' (written by [[John Philoponus]])
*On Aristotle's ''Posterior Analytics'' (written by John Philoponus)
*On Aristotle's ''On Generation and Corruption'' (written by John Philoponus)
*On Aristotle's ''On the Soul'' (written by John Philoponus)

There is Greek-language work called ''Life of Aristotle'', which is usually ascribed to Ammonius, but "is more probable that it is the work of [[Joannes Philoponus]], the pupil of Ammonius, to whom it is ascribed in some [[Manuscript|MSS]]."<ref>[[Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=p5VUAAAAYAAJ&dq= ''The biographical dictionary of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge'', Volume 2, Part 2], Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843, p. 487.</ref>