On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.5-9 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. 1.5-9. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. De caelo--Liber 1.5-9.

Aristotle.

Cosmology--Early works to 1800.

Cosmology.

Cosmology, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 181 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 2004.

Summary:

"Aristotle argues in On the Heavens 1.5-7 that there can be no infinitely large body, and in 1.8-9 that there cannot be more than one physical world. As a corollary in 1.9, he infers that there is no place, vacuum or time beyond the outermost stars. As one argument in favour of a single world, he argues that his four elements, earth, air, fire and water, have only one natural destination apiece. Moreover they accelerate as they approach it and acceleration cannot be unlimited. However, the Neoplatonist Simplicius, who wrote the commentary translated here in the sixth century AD, tells us that this whole world view was to be rejected by Strato, the third head of Aristotle's school. At the same time, he tells us the different theories of acceleration in Greek philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Textual Emendations

TRANSLATION

Notes

Bibliography English-Greek

Glossary Greek-English Index

Index of Passages Cited

Subject

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and indexes

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

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781472552242

OCLC:

922786575