02744nam 2200601 a 450 991081629170332120200520144314.01-283-90221-490-04-24171-X10.1163/9789004241718(CKB)2670000000311504(EBL)1102313(OCoLC)823389824(SSID)ssj0000787217(PQKBManifestationID)11432868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787217(PQKBWorkID)10814697(PQKB)10997460(MiAaPQ)EBC1102313(nllekb)BRILL9789004241718(Au-PeEL)EBL1102313(CaPaEBR)ebr10639348(CaONFJC)MIL421471(PPN)174389205(EXLCZ)99267000000031150420120827d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSimplicius on the planets and their motions[electronic resource] in defense of a heresy /by Alan C. BowenLeiden ;Boston Brill20131 online resource (351 p.)Philosophia antiqua : a series of studies on ancient philosophy,0079-1687 ;v. 133Includes an English translation of sections 2.10 to 2.12 of Simplicius' Aristotelis De caelo commentaria--Pages [97]-177.90-04-22708-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front Matter -- The Argument -- Translation -- Figures -- Comments -- Bibliography -- Indexes.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.Philosophia antiqua ;v. 133.AstronomyEarly works to 1800Astronomy523.4Simpliciusof Cilicia.850766Bowen Alan C525441MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816291703321Simplicius on the planets and their motions4060384UNINA