Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.2-3

Informationen zum Autor Ian Mueller was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. Ian Mueller is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago. He has also translated three volumes of Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 2.1-9; 2.10-14 and 3.1-7 for the series. Klappentext One of the arguments in Aristotle's On the Heavens propounds that the world neither came to be nor will perish. This volume contains the pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius of Cilicia's commentary on the first part of this this important work. The commentary is notable and unusual because Simplicius includes in his discussion lengthy representations of the Christian John Philoponus' criticisms of Aristotle along with his own, frequently sarcastic, responses.This is the first complete translation into a modern language of Simplicius' commentary, and is accompanied by a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography. Zusammenfassung This is the first complete translation into a modern language of the first part of the pagan Neoplatonist Simplicius of Cilicia's commentary on Aristotle's argument that the world neither came to be nor will perish.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Simplicius
• Collaboration: Michael Griffin (Editeur), Ian Mueller (Traduction), Mueller Ian (Traduction)
• Edition: Bloomsbury Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 10.04.2014
• EAN: 9781472557919
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-5791-9
• Pages: 208
• Thèmes: Ancient Commentators on Aristo; Ancient Commentators on Aristotle; Ancient Commentators on Aristo
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature classiques; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Physique, astronomie > Astronomie; PHILOSOPHY / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500