Philoponus: On Aristotle on Coming-To-Be and Perishing 1.1-5

by John Philoponus and C.J.F. Williams

The first five chapters of Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione distinguish creation and destruction from mere qualitative change and from growth. They include a fascinating debate about the atomists' analysis of creation and destruction as due to the rearrangement of indivisible atoms. Aristotle's rival belief in the infinite divisibility of matter is explained and defended against the atomists' powerful attack on infinite divisibility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780938691
• ISBN13: 9781780938691
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"