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Item Details
Title:
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ON ARISTOTLE "ON THE HEAVENS 1.10-12"
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By: |
of Cilicia Simplicius, R. J. Hankinson (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£100.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0715632329 |
ISBN 13: |
9780715632321 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
16 March, 2006 |
Series: |
Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
Pages: |
192 |
Translated from: |
Latin |
Description: |
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. |
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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 "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. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd |
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Non-returnable |
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