Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 8.1-5
โ Scribed by Istvรกn Bodnรกr; Michael Chase; Michael Share
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 250
- Series
- Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the fragments of his Christian opponent Philoponusโ Against Aristotle On the Eternity of the World, and makes extensive use of the lost commentary of Aristotleโs leading defender, Alexander of Aphrodisias.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Simpliciusโ greatest contribution in his commentary on Aristotle on Physics 1.5-9 lies in his treatment of matter. This is its first translation into English. The sixth-century philosopher starts with a valuable elucidation of what Aristotle means by โprincipleโ and โelementโ in Physics. Simpliciusโ
<p>Simplicius' greatest contribution in his commentary on Aristotle on <i>Physics</i> 1.5-9 lies in his treatment of matter. This is its first translation into English. The sixth-century philosopher starts with a valuable elucidation of what Aristotle means by 'principle' and 'element' in <i>Physics
<p>Simplicius' greatest contribution in his commentary on Aristotle on <i>Physics</i> 1.5-9 lies in his treatment of matter. This is its first translation into English. The sixth-century philosopher starts with a valuable elucidation of what Aristotle means by 'principle' and 'element' in <i>Physics
Simplicius, the greatest surviving ancient authority on Aristotle's Physics, lived in the sixth century A. D. He produced detailed commentaries on several of Aristotle's works. Those on the Physics, which alone come to over 1,300 pages in the original Greek, preserve a centuries-old tradition of anc