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Simplicius : on Aristotle on the heavens 3.7-4.6

By Simplicius & Ian Mueller

Book information

Publisher
Bristol Classical Press;Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2009
ISBN
0715638440, 978-0-7156-3844-6, 978-1-4725-0163-9, 1472501632, 978-1-4725-5785-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1517945 bytes)
Series
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Pages
225\225
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Ancient. Astronomy -- Early works to 1800. CosmoloAncient. CosmologyAristotle. -- De caelo. -- Book 3.7-4.6. Astronomy

Description

Commenting on the end of Aristotle On the Heavens Book 3, Simplicius examines Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's theory of elemental chemistry in the Timaeus. Plato makes the characteristics of the four elements depend on the shapes of component corpuscles and ultimately on the arrangement of the triangles which compose them. Simplicius preserves and criticizes the contributions made to the debate in lost works by two other major commentators, Alexander the Aristotelian, and Proclus the Platonist. In Book 4, Simplicius identifies fifteen objections by Aristotle to Plato's views on weight in the four elements. He finishes Book 4 by elaborating Aristotle's criticisms of Democritus' theory of weight in the atoms, including Democritus' suggestions about the influence of atomic shape on certain atomic motions.

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