On Aristotle "On the heavens 3.7-4.6" /
Commenting on the end of Aristotle's On the Heavens Book 3, Simplicius examines Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's theory of elemental chemistry in the Timaeus. Plato makes the characteristics of the four elements depend on the shapes of component corpuscles and ultimately on the arran...
| Основен автор: | Simplicius, of Cilicia. |
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| Други автори: | Mueller, Ian. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Ancient Greek |
| Публикувано: |
London :
Duckworth,
2009.
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Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
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On Aristotle On the heavens 3.7-4.6 |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Translation; 3.7, 305b28-end. Criticism of Plato's geometrical chemistry; 3.8 Criticism of Plato's geometrical chemistry continued; 4.1 Absolute and relative heaviness and lightness; criticism of Plato's claim that there is no above and below in the universe; 4.2 Criticism of previous accounts of heaviness and lightness; 4.3 Heaviness and lightness; natural motion as the attaining of form; 4.4 The existence of places between above and below and of elements, water and air, to occupy them.
- 4.5 The four elements differ in their matter4.6 The effect of shape and size on the motion of bodies; Appendix 1. On the geometric arguments of 652,9-655,27; Appendix 2. On some later discussions of 306b5-8; Textual Questions; (a) Departures from Heiberg's text; (b) Simplicius' citations of On the Heaven 3.1-7, 305b28; (c) Simplicius' citations of other texts; (d) Lemmas; Notes; Bibliography; English-Greek Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Greek-English Index; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; X; Z; Index of Passages.
- Index of NamesSubject Index; Addenda.