Simplicius on the planets and their motions: in defense of a heresy

Though the digression closing Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's 'De caelo' 2.12 has long been misread as a history of early Greek planetary theory, it is in fact a creative reading of Aristotle to maintain the authority of the 'De caelo' as a sacred text in Late Pla...

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Main Author: Bowen, Alan C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2013
Series:Philosophia antiqua Volume 133
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Though the digression closing Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's 'De caelo' 2.12 has long been misread as a history of early Greek planetary theory, it is in fact a creative reading of Aristotle to maintain the authority of the 'De caelo' as a sacred text in Late Platonism and to refute the polemic mounted by the Christian, John Philoponus. This book shows that the critical question forced on Simplicius was whether his school's acceptance of Ptolemy's planetary hypotheses entailed a rejection of Aristotle's argument that the heavens are made of a special matter that moves by nature in a circle about the center of the cosmos and, thus, a repudiation of the thesis that the cosmos is uncreated and everlasting
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 329 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9789004241718
900424171X
9004227083

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