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Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.10-12
Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.10-12
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In the three chapters of On the Heavens dealt with in this volume, Aristotle argues that the universe is ungenerated and indestructible. In Simplicius' commentary, translated here, we see a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian Alexander, whose lost commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens Simplicius partly preserves. Simplicius' rival, the Christian Philoponus, had conducted a parallel battle in his Against Proclus but had taken the side of Alexander against Proclus and other Platonists, arguing that Plato's Timaeus gives a beginning to the universe. Simplicius takes the Platonist side, denying that Plato intended a beginning. The origin to which Plato refers is, according to Simplicius, not a temporal origin, but the divine cause that produces the world without beginning.
Table of Contents
Textual Emendations
Translation
Notes
Select Bibliography
English-Greek Glossary
Greek-English Index
Subject Index
Product details
| Published | Apr 22 2014 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781472501370 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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