A philosophical commentary is a written exposition and analysis of an authoritative philosophical text.12
A large portion of the schools of thought was originated through the analysis that different commentators carried out on renowned philosophical texts, especially texts from Plato and Aristotle. A significant portion of Thomas Aquinas's philosophical ideas were the result of commentaries to some of Aristotle's ideas.
Examples
- Commentaries on Plato
- Commentaries on Aristotle
- Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon
- Commentary on the Book of Causes
References
References
- Andrea Falcon (2005). "Commentators on Aristotle". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Han Baltussen (2018), "Philosophical Commentary", in Scott McGill and Edward J. Watts, eds., A Companion to Late Antique Literature (John Wiley & Sons), pp. 297–312. doi:10.1002/9781118830390.ch18