Title:
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SIMPLICIUS: ON ARISTOTLE ON THE HEAVENS 1.10-12
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By: |
Simplicius, R. J. Hankinson (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£37.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1472557433 |
ISBN 13: |
9781472557438 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
10 April, 2014 |
Series: |
Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
Pages: |
192 |
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. |
Synopsis: |
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. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic |
Returns: |
Returnable |