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Jiang's answer to the first two Aristotle paradoxes is that Aristotle did not write anything original but copied or stole from other thinkers, and that the range of his work came from trying to capture Greek knowledge in...
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Jiang's answer to the first two Aristotle paradoxes is that Aristotle did not write anything original but copied or stole from other thinkers, and that the range of his work came from trying to capture Greek knowledge in an encyclopedia for world dissemination.
Jiang lists three possible origins for Aristotle's works: Aristotle supervised students to create an encyclopedia, students reconstructed lectures after his death, or Alexandrian scholars created the Aristotle figure by synthesizing work and attributing it to him.
"...knowledge. Okay? He was trying to unify Greek knowledge into an encyclopedia for dissemination around the world. Okay? And the third thing is, okay?..."
"...Aristotle in his lifetime. He organized his students and created this encyclopedia. Okay? And it's no different from professors at universities today. Right? Professors..."
"Aristotle was supervising the work of creating a Greek identity. The second possibility is after Aristotle died. His students started. They started to remember,..."
"...of knowledge that the Greeks created. Right? And you create an encyclopedia or a series of textbooks that define what it means to be..."
"He basically created an encyclopedia. So it made sense for them to import Aristotle's works. Also, what's important is, remember, Aristotle was Macedonian. And..."
Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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