Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.5-9
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Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.5-9
By (Author) Han Baltussen
Translated by Han Baltussen
Edited by Michael Atkinson
Translated by Michael Atkinson
Edited by Michael Share
Translated by Michael Share
Edited by Ian Mueller
Translated by Ian Mueller
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bristol Classical Press
1st October 2012
United Kingdom
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Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
185
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Hardback
176
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
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Simplicius' greatest contribution in his commentary on Aristotle on Physics 1.5-9 lies in his treatment of matter. The sixth-century philosopher starts with a valuable elucidation of what Aristotle means by 'principle' and 'element' in Physics. Simplicius' own conception of matter is of a quantity that is utterly diffuse because of its extreme distance from its source, the Neoplatonic One, and he tries to find this conception both in Plato's account of space and in a stray remark of Aristotle's. Finally, Simplicius rejects the Manichaean view that matter is evil and answers a Christian objection that to make matter imperishable is to put it on a level with God. This is the first translation of Simplicius' important work into English.
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[Of the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series] 'A massive scholarly achievement of the highest importance' - The Times.
Author Bio
Editor/Translators: Han Baltussen is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Thought at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and the author of Theophrastus Against the Presocratics and Plato: Peripatetic Dialectic in the De sensibus (2000). Michael Atkinson is a former teacher of Classics at Eton College, UK. Michael Share is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History & Classics, University of Tasmania. Ian Mueller was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, USA.
