Dexippus ( el, Δέξιππος; ) was a Greek philosopher, a pupil of the

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Iamblichus, belonging to the middle of the 4th century AD. He wrote commentaries on

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and

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, of which one, an explanation and defense of the Aristotelian Categories, is partially extant. In this work Dexippus explains to one Seleucus the Aristotelian Categories, and endeavours at the same time to refute the objections of

Plotinus Plotinus (; grc-gre, Πλωτῖνος, ''Plōtînos''; – 270 CE) was a philosopher in the Hellenistic tradition, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism. His teacher wa ...

. He also advocated the harmony of the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. A Latin edition edited by

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was published under the title ''Quœstionum in Categorias Libri Tres'' in 1549. The Greek text was published by

Leonhard von Spengel Leonhard von Spengel (24 September 1803, in Munich – 8 November 1880, in Munich) was a German classical scholar. Biography He attended the lyceum in his hometown, where as a pupil of Joseph Kopp and Johann von Gott Fröhlich, he was encour ...

in 1859. An English translation by John M. Dillon was published in 1990.

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