Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 2

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 2
Author: Barrie Fleet
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1780938632
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Book 2 of the Physics is arguably the best introduction to Aristotle's ideas, as well as being the most interesting and representative book in the whole of his corpus. It defines nature and distinguishes natural science from mathematics. It introduces the seminal idea of four causes, or four modes of explanation. It defines chance, but rejects a theory of chance and natural selection in favour of purpose in nature. Simplicius, writing in the sixth century AD, adds his own considerable contribution to this work. Seeing Aristotle's God as a Creator, he discusses how nature relates to soul, adds Stoic and Neoplatonist causes to Aristotle's list of four, and questions the likeness of cause to effect. He discusses missing a great evil or a great good by a hairsbreadth and considers whether animals act from reason or natural instinct. He also preserves a Posidonian discussion of mathematical astronomy.

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 2

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 2
Author: Barrie Fleet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1780938640
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A translation of Simplicius' philosophical commentary on the second book of Aristotle's Physics, with extensive commentary notes, introduction and indexes.

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.1–2

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.1–2
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2022-04-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1350285706
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With this translation, all 12 volumes of translation of Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics have been published (full list below). In Physics 1.1–2, Aristotle raises the question of the number and character of the first principles of nature and feels the need to oppose the challenge of the paradoxical Eleatic philosophers who had denied that there could be more than one unchanging thing. This volume, part of the groundbreaking Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, translates into English for the first time Simplicius' commentary on this selected text, and includes a brief introduction, extensive explanatory notes, indexes and a bibliography. Previous published volumes translating Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics can all be found in Bloomsbury's series: - On Aristotle Physics 1.3–4, tr. P. Huby and C. C. W. Taylor, 2011 - On Aristotle Physics 1.5–9, tr. H. Baltussen, M. Atkinson, M. Share and I. Mueller, 2012 - On Aristotle Physics 2, tr. B. Fleet, 1997 - On Aristotle Physics 3, tr. J. O. Urmson with P. Lautner, 2001 - On Aristotle Physics 4.1–5 and 10–14, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1992 - On Aristotle on the Void, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1994 (=Physics 4.6–9; published with Philoponus, On Aristotle Physics 5–8, tr. P. Lettinck) - On Aristotle Physics 5, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1997 - On Aristotle Physics 6, tr. D. Konstan, 1989 - On Aristotle Physics 7, tr. C. Hagen, 1994 - On Aristotle Physics 8.1–5, tr. I. Bodnar, M. Chase and M. Share, 2012 - On Aristotle Physics 8.6–10, tr. R. McKirahan, 2001

Simplicius: on Aristotle Physics 1?́ô8

Simplicius: on Aristotle Physics 1?́ô8
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Total Pages: 256
Release: 2022
Genre: Physics
ISBN: 9781350286658
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"Supporting the twelve volumes of translation of Simplicius' great commentary on Aristotle's Physics , published between 1992 and 2021, this volume presents a general introduction to the commentary. It covers the philosophical aims of Simplicius' commentaries on the Physics and the related text On the Heaven ; Simplicius' methods and his use of earlier sources; key themes and comparison with Philoponus' commentary on the same text. In the first chapters of his work, Aristotle raises the question of the number and character of the first principles of nature and feels the need to oppose the challenge of the paradoxical Eleatic philosophers who had denied that there could be more than one unchanging thing. By 1.7, Aristotle reaches the conclusion that we must distinguish one substratum and two contrary states that it may possess: a form and a privation of that form. But this only foreshadows what is to follow. In book 2, Aristotle introduces four kinds of explanatory factor: besides the material substratum of a thing and its form, there is its function or purpose, and the efficient cause of its taking on new forms. He goes on in Books 3 to 8 to discuss causation, chance and necessity, motion, infinity, vacuum, spatial relations and the continuum and he postulates the need for a divine first mover as the source of purposive motion in celestial bodies."--

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.5-9

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.5-9
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Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 147250173X
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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.

On Aristotle's Physics 2

On Aristotle's Physics 2
Author: Simplicius (of Cilicia.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1997
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780801432835
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"Book 2 of the Physics is arguably the best introduction to Aristotle's ideas. It defines nature and distinguishes natural science from mathematics. Book 2 introduces the seminal idea of four causes, or four modes of explanation. It defines chance, but rejects a theory of chance and natural selection in favour of purpose in nature." "To these riches Simplicius, writing in the sixth century A.D., adds his own considerable contribution. Seeing Aristotle's God as a creator, he discusses how nature relates to soul, adds Stoic and Neoplatonist causes to Aristotle's list of four, and questions the likeness of cause to effect. He discusses missing a great evil or a great good by a hairsbreadth and considers whether animals act from reason or natural instinct. He also preserves a Posidonian discussion of mathematical astronomy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

On Aristotle Physics 1.1-2

On Aristotle Physics 1.1-2
Author: de Cilicie Simplicius
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9781350285712
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With this translation, all 12 volumes of translation of Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics have been published (see below). In Physics 1.1-2, Aristotle raises the question of the number and character of the first principles of nature and feels the need to oppose the challenge of the paradoxical Eleatic philosophers who had denied that there could be more than one unchanging thing. This volume, part of the groundbreaking Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, translates into English for the first time Simplicius' commentary on this selected text, and includes a brief introduction, extensive explanatory notes, indexes and a bibliography. Previous published volumes translating Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle Physics are as follows: - On Aristotle Physics 1.3-4, tr. P. Huby & C.C.W. Taylor, 2011 - On Aristotle Physics 1.5-9, tr. H. Baltussen, M. Atkinson, M. Share & I. Mueller, 2012 - On Aristotle Physics 2, tr. B. Fleet, 1997 - On Aristotle Physics 3, tr. J. O. Urmson with P. Lautner, 2001 - On Aristotle Physics 4.1-5 and 10-14, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1992 - On Aristotle on the Void, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1994 (=Physics 4.6-9; published with Philoponus, On Aristotle Physics 5-8, tr. P. Lettinck) - On Aristotle Physics 5, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1997 - On Aristotle Physics 6, tr. D. Konstan, 1989 - On Aristotle Physics 7, tr. C. Hagen, 1994 - On Aristotle Physics 8.1-5, tr. I. Bodnar, M. Chase & M. Share, 2012 - On Aristotle Physics 8.6-10, tr. R. McKirahan, 2001

On Aristotle Physics 2

On Aristotle Physics 2
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Total Pages: 218
Release: 1997
Genre: Chance
ISBN: 9781472552327
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"Book 2 of the Physics is arguably the best introduction to Aristotle's ideas. It defines nature and distinguishes natural science from mathematics. It introduces the seminal idea of four causes, or four modes of explanation. It defines chance, but rejects a theory of chance and natural selection in favour of purpose in nature. To these riches Simplicius, writing in the sixth century AD, adds his own considerable contribution. Seeing Aristotle's God as a Creator, he discusses how nature relates to soul, adds Stoic and Neoplatonist causes to Aristotle's list of four, and questions the likeness of cause to effect. He discusses missing a great evil or a great good by a hairsbreadth and considers whether animals act from reason or natural instinct. He also preserves a Posidonian discussion of mathematical astronomy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.1–2

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.1–2
Author: Simplicius (of Cilicia)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1350285722
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"With this translation, all 12 volumes of translation of Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics have been published (see below). In Physics 1.1-2, Aristotle raises the question of the number and character of the first principles of nature and feels the need to oppose the challenge of the paradoxical Eleatic philosophers who had denied that there could be more than one unchanging thing. This volume, part of the groundbreaking Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, translates into English for the first time Simplicius' commentary on this selected text, and includes a brief introduction, extensive explanatory notes, indexes and a bibliography. Previous published volumes translating Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle Physics are as follows: - On Aristotle Physics 1.3-4, tr. P. Huby & C.C.W. Taylor, 2011 - On Aristotle Physics 1.5-9, tr. H. Baltussen, M. Atkinson, M. Share & I. Mueller, 2012 - On Aristotle Physics 2, tr. B. Fleet, 1997 - On Aristotle Physics 3, tr. J. O. Urmson with P. Lautner, 2001 - On Aristotle Physics 4.1-5 and 10-14, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1992 - On Aristotle on the Void, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1994 (=Physics 4.6-9; published with Philoponus, On Aristotle Physics 5-8, tr. P. Lettinck) - On Aristotle Physics 5, tr. J. O. Urmson, 1997 - On Aristotle Physics 6, tr. D. Konstan, 1989 - On Aristotle Physics 7, tr. C. Hagen, 1994 - On Aristotle Physics 8.1-5, tr. I. Bodnar, M. Chase & M. Share, 2012 - On Aristotle Physics 8.6-10, tr. R. McKirahan, 2001"--

Introduction to Ancient Philosophy

Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Author: Don E. Marietta Jr.
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1315502682
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This survey of the history of Western philosophy, from Thales to Augustine, introduces the central tenets of each philosopher or school within the cultural and historical aspect of the particular time. Topics covered include metaphysics, ethics and politics, and Epicureanism.