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Simplicius : on Aristotle on the heavens 3.1-7

By Simplicius & Ian Mueller

Book information

Publisher
Bristol Classical Press;Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2009
ISBN
0715638432, 978-0-7156-3843-9, 978-1-4725-0161-5, 1472501616, 978-1-4725-5784-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1236642 bytes)
Series
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Pages
191\191
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Ancient. Astronomy -- Early works to 1800. CosmoloAncient. CosmologyAristotle. -- De caelo. -- Book 3.1-7. AstronomyGreek -- Early works to 1800.

Description

The subject of Aristotle's On the Heavens, Books 3-4, is the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, which exist below the heavens. Book 3, in chapters 1 to 7, frequently criticizes the Presocratic philosophers. Because of this Simplicius' commentary is one of our main sources of quotations of the Presocratics. Mueller's translation gains added importance from its enabling us to see the context which guided Simplicius' selection of Presocratic texts to quote. Simplicius also criticizes the lost commentary of the leading Aristotelian commentator, Alexander, and thereby gives us important information about that work.

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