Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Heavens 1.10-12

by Simplicius

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472557433
• ISBN13: 9781472557438
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"