Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 5-8 with Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Void
Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 5-8 with Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Void

Author: J.O. Urmson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1472501829

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Paul Lettinck has restored a lost text of Philoponus by translating it for the first time from Arabic (only limited fragments have survived in the original Greek). The text, recovered from annotations in an Arabic translation of Aristotle, is an abridging paraphrase of Philoponus' commentary on Physics Books 5-7, with two final comments on Book 8. The Simplicius text, which consists of his comments on Aristotle's treatment of the void in chapters 6-9 of Book 4 of the Physics, comes from Simplicius' huge commentary on Book 4. Simplicius' comments on Aristotle's treatment of place and time have been translated by J. O. Urmson in two earlier volumes of this series.

The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Physics
The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Physics

Author: Richard Sorabji

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780801489884

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Physics in Neoplatonist thought, the subject which occupies the second volume of this sourcebook, was innovative: the world of space and time was causally ordered by a nonspatial, nontemporal world, and this view required original thinking

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 61
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 61

Author: Victor Caston

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-08-11

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0192688359

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Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. "'Have you seen the latest OSAP?' is what scholars of ancient philosophy say to each other when they meet in corridors or on coffee breaks. Whether you work on Plato or Aristotle, on Presocratics or sophists, on Stoics, Epicureans, or Sceptics, on Roman philosophers or Greek Neoplatonists, you are liable to find OSAP articles now dominant in the bibliography of much serious published work in your particular subject: not safe to miss." - Malcolm Schofield, Cambridge University "OSAP was founded to provide a place for long pieces on major issues in ancient philosophy. In the years since, it has fulfilled this role with great success, over and over again publishing groundbreaking papers on what seemed to be familiar topics and others surveying new ground to break. It represents brilliantly the vigour-and the increasingly broad scope-of scholarship in ancient philosophy, and shows us all how the subject should flourish." - M.M. McCabe, King's College London

Mechanics and Natural Philosophy before the Scientific Revolution
Mechanics and Natural Philosophy before the Scientific Revolution

Author: Walter Roy Laird

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1402059671

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This volume deals with a variety of moments in the history of mechanics when conflicts arose within one textual tradition, between different traditions, or between textual traditions and the wider world of practice. Its purpose is to show how the accommodations sometimes made in the course of these conflicts ultimately contributed to the emergence of modern mechanics.

Synopsis
Synopsis

Author: Andrew D. Dimarogonas

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1999-02-19

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9789057025778

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Lists the scholarly publications including research and review journals, books, and monographs relating to classical, Hellenistic, Biblical, Byzantine, Medieval, and modern Greece. The 11 indexes include article title and author, books reviewed, theses and dissertations, books and authors, journals, names, locations, and subjects. The format continues that of the second volume. All the information has been programmed onto the disc in a high-level language, so that no other software is needed to read it, and in versions for DOS and Apple on each disc. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter
John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter

Author: Frans A.J. de Haas

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-06-21

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 9004320938

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This study provides the first full discussion of Philoponus' excursus on matter in contra Proclum XI. 1-8 which sets out the innovative definition of prime matter as three-dimensional extension. The author argues that Philoponus' definition was motivated primarily by philosophical problems in Neoplatonism. Philoponus employs the explanation of growth, the interpretation of Aristotle's category theory and the notions of formlessness and potentiality to substantiate his definition. To conclude, the book offers an assessment of the significance of Philoponus' innovation. It is demonstrated for the first time that Plotinus' view of matter exerted considerable influence on both Philoponus and Simplicius. Moreover, the structure of Syrianus' and Proclus' metaphysics prepared the way for Philoponus' account of prime matter.

The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Psychology (with ethics and religion)
The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD: Psychology (with ethics and religion)

Author: Richard Sorabji

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780801489877

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The third volume of this invaluable sourcebook covers three main subject areas. First, the metaphysics of Aristotle's logical works: the concepts of universal and particular underwent surprising transformations in this period, which gave rise to debates, still raging today, on personal survival after an interruption such as death. Second, logic in a more conventional sense: perhaps the most impressive debate was on the existence of the subject in singular and universal statements. There was also debate about the very different Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of syllogism, of modal logic, of induction, of the nature of mathematics, and of philosophy of language. Third, the higher metaphysics of the Neoplatonists taught Augustine, and indirectly Descartes, to look for truth within themselves. The Neoplatonists struggled with the question whether our higher intellectual selves have distinct individuality, and thus they fed both sides in the great medieval debate between Aquinas and the followers of Averroes on individual human immortality. All sources appear in English translation and are carefully linked and cross-referenced by editorial comment and explanation. Bibliographies are provided throughout.

Listening to the Philosophers
Listening to the Philosophers

Author: Raffaella Cribiore

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2024-05-15

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1501774778

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Listening to the Philosophers offers the first comprehensive look into how philosophy was taught in antiquity through a stimulating study of lectures by ancient philosophers that were recorded by their students. Raffaella Cribiore shows how the study of notes—whether Philodemus of Gadara's notes of Zeno's lectures in the first century BCE, or Arrian recording the Discourses of Epictetus in the second century CE, or the students of Didymus the Blind in the fourth century and Olympiodorus in the sixth century—can enable us to understand the methods and practices of what was an orally conducted education. By considering the pedagogical and mnemonic role of notetaking in ancient education, Listening to the Philosophers demonstrates how in antiquity the written and the spoken worlds were intimately intertwined.