Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus too
On Aristotle Physics 4.1-5
β Scribed by Algra, Keimpe;Ophuijsen, J. M. van;Philoponus, John
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- Bloomsbury
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- 2014
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- English
- Leaves
- 159
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- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
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β¦ Table of Contents
Introduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited General Index
β¦ Subjects
Philosophy of nature;Physics;Early works;Aristotle. -- Physics. -- Book 4;Physics (Aristotle);Physics -- Early works to 1800;Philosophy of nature -- Early works to 1800
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<p>Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus
This companion to J. O. Urmson's translation in the same series of Simplicius' Corollaries on Place and Time contains Simplicius' commentary on the chapters on place and time in Aristotle's Physics book 4. It is a rich source for the preceding 800 years' discussion of Aristotle's views. Simplicius r
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