
HoP 092 - King of Animals - Porphyry
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Porphyry's Criticism of Christianity
For Boethius, Porphyry was the most important source for understanding Aristotle's logic. His own extensive commentaries on both Plato and Aristotle are mostly lost. It isn't even clear whether Porphyry wrote a single large work called Against the Christians. He complained about the implausibilities of the supposed revelation in the Bible.
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