On Aristotle on the heavens 1.10-12 Simplicius ; translated by R.J. Hankinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simplicius, of Cilicia, author.

Contributor:

Hankinson, R. J., editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Standardized Title:

Aristotelis De caelo commentaria. 1.10-12. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. De caelo.

Aristotle.

Cosmology, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 134 pages).

Place of Publication:

London Duckworth 2006.

Language Note:

Translated from the Ancient Greek

Summary:

"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 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 on which Plato refers is, according to Simplicius, not a temporal origin, but the divine cause that produces the world without beginning."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Contents:

Preface

Textual Emendations

Translation

Notes

Select Bibliography

English-Greek Glossary

Greek-English Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-119) and indexes

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781472552211

OCLC:

1138649472