John Philoponus' Criticism of Aristotle's Theory of Aether

✍ Scribed by Christian Wildberg

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Series: Peripatoi; 16
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
PART I
2. The Foundation of Aristotle’s Theory of Aether
2.1 Aether and Eternity
2.2 The Prologue: De caelo I 1
2.3 Mathematics and Physics in De caelo I 1
2.4 Conclusion
3. The Existence of Aether: De caelo I 2
3.1 Gathering Premises
3.2 The Existence, Simplicity and Priority of Aether
3.3 Conclusion
4. The Nature of Aether: De caelo I 3 – 4
4.1 Aristotle’s Negative Celestial Physics
4.2 The Conclusion of the Argument and Additional Evidence
4.3 Contrariety and Circular Motion: De caelo 14
4.4 Conclusion
PART II
5. Philoponus’ Rejection of Aether: Book I
5.1 Introduction
5.2 On the Correlation of Natures and Motions
5.3 Against the Division of Locomotion: Fragments I/6 – 8
5.4 The Movement of the Firesphere
5.5 Against the Priority of the Heavens
5.6 Conclusion
6. On the Nature of the Celestial Region: Books II and III
6.1 The Structure and Argument of Book II
6.2 The Structure and Argument of Book III
6.3 Conclusion
7. The Celestial Body: Unalterable but Corruptible
7.1 The Structure and Argument of Book IV
7.2 Excursus: Philoponus’ Conception of ‘The Three-dimensional’
7.3 The Structure and Argument of Book V
7.4 Conclusion
8. Conclusion
8.1 Retrospect
8.2 Aristotle and Philoponus: A Summary Comparison
8.3 The Application of Impetus Theory to the Motion of the Celestial Spheres
9. List of Fragments
10. Indices
11. Bibliography