Ilsetraut Hadot studied classical philosophy at the Freie Universität in West Berlin and received her Ph.D. in 1966. Since 1983 she has directed research on the works and thoughts of Simplicius. Her publications to date are: Seneca und die griechisch-römische Tradition der Seelenleitung, (Berlin-New York 1969), Le problème du néoplatonisme alexandrin: Hiéroclès et Simplicius, (Paris 1978) and Arts libéraux et philosophie.

'This ambitious project is off to an impressive start...lucidly analysed...we can be grateful for a lot of unexpected material...'A.C. Lloyd, The Classical Review, 1991.'...all three volumes significantly advance our understanding both of Aristotle's commentators and, through them, of Aristotle himself.'R.W. Sharples, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1993.

Ilsetraut Hadot studied classical philosophy at the Freie Universität in West Berlin and received her Ph.D. in 1966. Since 1983 she has directed research on the works and thoughts of Simplicius. Her publications to date are: Seneca und die griechisch-römische Tradition der Seelenleitung, (Berlin-New York 1969), Le problème du néoplatonisme alexandrin: Hiéroclès et Simplicius, (Paris 1978) and Arts libéraux et philosophie.

'This ambitious project is off to an impressive start...lucidly analysed...we can be grateful for a lot of unexpected material...'A.C. Lloyd, The Classical Review, 1991.'...all three volumes significantly advance our understanding both of Aristotle's commentators and, through them, of Aristotle himself.'R.W. Sharples, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1993.

Ilsetraut Hadot studied classical philosophy at the Freie Universität in West Berlin and received her Ph.D. in 1966. Since 1983 she has directed research on the works and thoughts of Simplicius. Her publications to date are: Seneca und die griechisch-römische Tradition der Seelenleitung, (Berlin-New York 1969), Le problème du néoplatonisme alexandrin: Hiéroclès et Simplicius, (Paris 1978) and Arts libéraux et philosophie.

'This ambitious project is off to an impressive start...lucidly analysed...we can be grateful for a lot of unexpected material...'A.C. Lloyd, The Classical Review, 1991.'...all three volumes significantly advance our understanding both of Aristotle's commentators and, through them, of Aristotle himself.'R.W. Sharples, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1993.