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Simplicius : on Aristotle on the heavens 1.2-3

By Simplicius & Ian Mueller

Book information

Publisher
Bristol Classical Press;Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2011
ISBN
071563920X, 978-0-7156-3920-7, 978-1-4725-0166-0, 1472501667, 978-1-4725-5791-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1241519 bytes)
Series
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Pages
209\209
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Ancient. AstronomyAncient. CosmologyAristotle. -- De caelo. AstronomyGreek -- Early works to 1800. Cosmology -- Early wGreek. Cosmology. Aristotle. De caelo.

Description

This is the first complete translation into a modern language of the first part of the pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius of Cilicia's commentary on Aristotle's argument that the world neither came to be nor will perish. It is notable and unusual among the commentaries because Simplicius includes in his discussion lengthy representations of the Christian John Philoponus' criticisms of Aristotle along with his own, frequently heavily sarcastic, responses.

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