Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.3-4

ISBN-13: 9780715640630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 232 str.

Ian Mueller

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This is the first English translation of Simplicius' responses to Philoponus' Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World. The commentary is published in two volumes: Ian Mueller's previous book in the series, Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.2-3, and this book on 1.3-4. Philoponus, the Christian, had argued that Aristotle's arguments do not succeed. For all they show to the contrary, Christianity may be right that the heavens were brought into existence by the only divine being and one moment in time, and will cease to exist at some future moment. Simplicius upholds the pagan view that the heavens are eternal and divine, and argues that their eternity is shown by their astronomical movements coupled with certain principles of Aristotle.Until the launch of this series, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle constituted the largest corpus of Greek philosophical writings which had not been translated into English or other European languages. There are now over 100 volumes in the series.

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Abbreviations Introduction Translation of the text commented on (On the Heavens 1.3, 270a12-4); outline of the commentary Translation of the commentary Notes Appendix 1. The ‘fragments’ of Philoponus, Against Aristotle Appendix 2. The ‘fragments’ of Alexander’s commentary on De Caelo Appendix 3. On the purity of the elements Appendix 4. The signs of the zodiac Bibliography Textual Questions English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages (a) Passages quoted by Simplicius (b) Early texts cited in the notes Index of Names (a) Names mentioned by Simplicius Scholars cited in the Introduction and Notes to the Translation Subject Index