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  1. Simplicius on the planets and their motions
    in defense of a heresy
    Author: Bowen, Alan C.
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

    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... more

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    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

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789004241718; 900424171X; 9004227083
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: CD 2065 ; FK 49853
    Series: Philosophia antiqua ; Volume 133
    Subjects: SCIENCE / Astronomy; De caelo (Aristotle); Astronomy; Astronomy; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Aristotle; Simplicius / of Cilicia; Simplicius of Cilicia; Aristotle: De caelo; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo 1,10-12; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo 1,5-9; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo 1,1-4; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De anima 3,1-5; Simplikios (480-538): In Aristotelis de caelo
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 329 Seiten), Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. Simplicius on the planets and their motions
    in defense of a heresy
    Author: Bowen, Alan C.
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

    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... more

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
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    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

     
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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789004241718; 900424171X; 9004227083
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: CD 2065 ; FK 49853
    Series: Philosophia antiqua ; Volume 133
    Subjects: SCIENCE / Astronomy; De caelo (Aristotle); Astronomy; Astronomy; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Aristotle; Simplicius / of Cilicia; Simplicius of Cilicia; Aristotle: De caelo; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo 1,10-12; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo 1,5-9; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo 1,1-4; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De caelo; Aristoteles (v384-v322): De anima 3,1-5; Simplikios (480-538): In Aristotelis de caelo
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 329 Seiten), Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index