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Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.1-5: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

Autor Johannes van Ophuijsen, Keimpe Algra
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 apr 2014
Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus took a more common-sense view. For him, place was an immobile three-dimensional extension, whose essence did not preclude its being empty, even if for other reasons it had always to be filled with body. However, Philoponus reserved his own definition for an excursus, already translated in this series, The Corollary on Place. In the text translated here he wanted instead to explain Aristotle's view to elementary students. The recent conjecture that he wished to attract young fellow Christians away from the official pagan professor of philosophy in Alexandria has the merit of explaining why he expounds Aristotle here, rather than attacking him. But he still puts the students through their paces, for example when discussing Aristotle's claim that place cannot be a body, or two bodies would coincide.This volume contains an English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography.
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ISBN-13: 9781472558008
ISBN-10: 1472558006
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Latest volume in a prestigious scholarly series of over 90 volumes

Notă biografică

Keimpe Algra is Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Johannes van Ophuijsen is Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Cuprins

IntroductionTextual EmendationsTranslationNotesBibliographyEnglish-Greek GlossaryGreek-English IndexIndex of Passages CitedGeneral Index

Descriere

The first translation into English of this commentary, written by the sixth-century philosopher Philoponus on Aristotle Physics book four, chapters one to five, in which he explains Aristotle's account of place to elementary students.