Platonists and Aristotle in Aspasius

Aspasius firmly locates human happiness in a life that involves both virtuous practical action and intellectual contemplation. He alludes to the tripartite soul of the republic and timeus. In one interesting passage, meditates on socrates's habit of being ironic. Here in aspasius we can detect the prospect of an alliance between peripatetics and platonists. This will come to fruition eventually in neo-platonism thanks to porphyry.