Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.10-12

Informationen zum Autor Ian Mueller was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Here is a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian Alexander on the origins, if any, of the universe. A parallel battle had already been conducted by Philoponus and Proclus, arguing that Plato's "Timaeus" gives a beginning to the universe. Simplicius denies this. Zusammenfassung Here is a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian Alexander on the origins, if any, of the universe. A parallel battle had already been conducted by Philoponus and Proclus, arguing that Plato's "Timaeus" gives a beginning to the universe. Simplicius denies this. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceTextual EmendationsTranslationNotesSelect BibliographyEnglish-Greek GlossaryGreek-English IndexSubject Index

Product details

• Authors: Simplicius
• Assisted by: R.J. Hankinson (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2014
• EAN: 9781472557438
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-5743-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; PHILOSOPHY / General, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Cosmology and the universe, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500