Theodorus Metochites (died in 1332) was one of the most important polyhistors in the last centuries before Byzantium. His main philosophical work, now available as a reprint, is a commentary on Aristotelian ‹Physics‹ as well as on ‹De anima, De caelo, De ortu et interitu, Parva naturalia‹ and ‹Meteora‹. In connection with the increasing criticism of Aristotle in the 16th century, this work was translated into Latin by the well-known translator of the Sextus Empiricus, Gentian Hervet.