André-Jean Festugière [SEP] place of death
André-Jean Festugière
André-Jean Festugière O.P. (15 March 1898, Paris – 13 August 1982, Saint-Dizier) was a French Dominican friar, philosopher, philologist, and expert on Neoplatonism, and in particular the works of Proclus. He is also notable for his translation of the works attributed to Hermes Trismegistus.
genuine product of Aristotle. However, in the 20th century, the Neoplatonic philologist André-Jean Festugière argued that the work was not genuinely written by Aristotle, and as such the author is referred to now as Pseudo-Aristotle.
The date of the work is uncertain; it has been argued that it was composed before 250 BC or between 350 and 200 BC. It is found under the Bekker numbers 391–401. It should not be confused with "On the Heavens".
Textual history.
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