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Books

Articles

• 'Aristotele e le teorie sugli eventi', Métexis Revista Argentina de Filosofia Antigua/Argentine Journal of Ancient Philosophy, 7 (1994), pp. 91-103.
• 'Aristotle's Rules of Division in The Topics: Remarks on the Relationship between Genus and Differentia in a Division', Ancient Philosophy, 16 (1996), pp. 377-387.
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• 'Aristotle Theory of Division', in R.R.K. Sorabji (ed.) Aristotle and After, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplementary Volume 68 (London 1997), pp. 127-146.
• 'Senarco di Seleucia e la Dottrina Aristotelica della Quinta Sostanza', in C. Natali-S. Maso (eds.) Antiaristotelismo, (Amsterdam 1999), pp. 92-123.
• 'Aristotle, Speusippus and the Method of Division', Classical Quarterly N.S. 50.2 (2000), pp. 402-414.
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• 'División, Definitión y Differencia en los Topicos', Anuario filosófico 35 (2002), pp. 297-312.
• 'A Late Ancient Discussion of Celestial Motion. PSI XIV 1400', in Papiri filosofici. Miscellanea di studi IV (Firenze 2002).
  (Brief description: a study of PSI XIV 1400, a papyrus fragment to be placed in the context of the sixth-century debate on the stuff of the heavens. The edition, translation and commentary will be also published in the Corpus dei Papiri Filosofici Greci e Latini published by Olschki, Firenze).
• Aristotele e la materia celeste, in M. Carrara, Mind and Meaning. Studi di filosofia analitica (Padova 2003).

Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries

• The entry 'Aristotle, commentators' for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (August 2005).
• The entry 'Aristotle on Causality' for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (January 2006).
• 4 entries for The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers (Bristol, May 2002).
  (Brief description: 'Benn, Alfred William'; 'Bussel, Frederick William'; 'Chandler, Henry William'; 'Macmahon, John Henry'. Each entry offers a glimpse of the subject's life, doctrine and contribution to the history of ideas, and provides bibliographical pointers to further research materials).
• The entry 'Xenarchos von Seleukia' for Der Neue Pauly: Enzyklopädie der Antike (Stuttgart 2003).
• 8 entries for the Enciclopedia Filosofica (Milano, forthcoming).
  (Brief description: 'Adrasto di Afrodisia', 'Andronico di Rodi', 'Diaresis', 'Epagoge', 'Differentia', 'Etere', 'Quinta essentia', 'Predicabile').

Reviews

• (together with Peter Machamer) Review of 'Neoplatonism and Nature: Studies in Plotinus' Enneads', edited by Michael F. Wagner, in The Review of Metaphysics, 56 (2003), pp. 688-690.
• Review of Jonathan Barnes, 'Porphyry. Introduction', in Ancient Philosophy (forthcoming).
• Review of Thomas Kjeller Johansen, 'Plato's Natural Philosophy: A Study of the Timaeus-Critias', in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005.03.01.
• Review of Ursula Coope, 'Time for Aristotle', in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006.04.01.
• Review of Vasilis Politis, 'Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics', in The Classical Review 56.2 (2006), pp. 303-306.
• Review of Diana Quarantotto, 'Causa finale, sostanza, essenza in Aristotele.' and Monte Ransome Johnson, 'Aristotle on Teleology', in Rhizai 3.1 (2006): 111-118.

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