00962nam a2200289 i 450099100103113970753620020507105340.0950221s1988 ||| ||| | eng 0471859141b1016389x-39ule_instLE00641001ExLDip.to Fisicaita53.4.153.4.253.4.3Krane, Kenneth S.8288Introductory nuclear physics /edited by K.S. KraneNew York :John Wiley & Sons,1988xiii, 845 p. :ill. ;23 cmIncludes appendixes and indexNuclear physics.b1016389x21-09-0627-06-02991001031139707536LE006 53.4 KRA12006000099127le006-E0.00-no 0200200.i1019852027-06-02Introductory nuclear physics188875UNISALENTOle00601-01-95ma -engxx 0104689nam 22007331c 450 991095504510332120200115203623.0978147255199314725519909781472501776147250177210.5040/9781472551993(CKB)2560000000146999(EBL)1659731(SSID)ssj0001220230(PQKBManifestationID)11796924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001220230(PQKBWorkID)11220508(PQKB)10125092(MiAaPQ)EBC1659731(Au-PeEL)EBL1659731(CaPaEBR)ebr10856298(CaONFJC)MIL603648(OCoLC)878148136(OCoLC)875239305(UtOrBLW)bpp09255040(UtOrBLW)BP9781472551993BC(EXLCZ)99256000000014699920140929d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn Aristotle Physics 4.1-5 Philoponus ; translated by Keimpe Algra and Johannes van Ophuijsen1st ed.London Bristol Classical Press 2012.1 online resource (159 p.)Ancient commentators on Aristotle"Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso.9781472558008 1472558006 9781780932118 1780932111 Includes bibliographical references and indexIntroduction -- Textual Emendations -- Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index"Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus took a more commonsense view. For him, place was an immobile three-dimensional extension, whose essence did not preclude its being empty, even if for other reasons it had always to be filled with body. However, Philoponus reserved his own definition for an excursus, already translated in this series, The Corollary on Place. In the text translated here he wanted instead to explain Aristotle's view to elementary students. The recent conjecture that he wished to attract young fellow-Christians away from the official pagan professor of philosophy in Alexandria has the merit of explaining why he expounds Aristotle here, rather than attacking him. But he still puts the students through their paces, for example when discussing Aristotle's claim that place cannot be a body, or two bodies would coincide."--Bloomsbury PublishingAristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus took a more common-sense view. For him, place was an immobile three-dimensional extension, whose essence did not preclude its being empty, even if for other reasons it had always to be filled with body. However, Philoponus reserved his own definition for an excursus, already translated in this series, The Corollary on Place. In the text translated here he wanted instead to explain Aristotle's view to elementary students. The recent conjecture that he wished to attract young fellow Christians away from the official pagan professor of philosophy in Alexandria has the merit of explaining why he expounds Aristotle here, rather than attacking him. But he still puts the students through their paces, for example when discussing Aristotle's claim that place cannot be a body, or two bodies would coincide. This volume contains an English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography.Ancient commentators on Aristotle.PhysicsPhilosophyWestern philosophy: Ancient, to c 500PhysicsPhilosophy.114530Philoponus Johnactive 6th century,160407Algra Keimpe1959-Ophuijsen J. M. van1953-UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910955045103321On Aristotle Physics 4.1-54336141UNINA