Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle On Coming to be and Perishing 2.2-5

This important commentary by Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle''s work on biochemistry was previously lost. However, four chapters of it have been re-identified in an Arabic translation by Emma Gannage and are here translated for the first time. The chapters were preserved in the writings of an eighth-century alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan. In addition to preserving an interesting example of very...