LEADER 04689nam 22007331c 450 001 9910955045103321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a9781472551993 010 $a1472551990 010 $a9781472501776 010 $a1472501772 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472551993 035 $a(CKB)2560000000146999 035 $a(EBL)1659731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001220230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11796924 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001220230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11220508 035 $a(PQKB)10125092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1659731 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1659731 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856298 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603648 035 $a(OCoLC)878148136 035 $a(OCoLC)875239305 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255040 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472551993BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000146999 100 $a20140929d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn Aristotle Physics 4.1-5 $fPhiloponus ; translated by Keimpe Algra and Johannes van Ophuijsen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $cBristol Classical Press $d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 225 1 $aAncient commentators on Aristotle 300 $a"Paperback edition first published 2014"--T. p. verso. 311 08$a9781472558008 311 08$a1472558006 311 08$a9781780932118 311 08$a1780932111 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aIntroduction -- Textual Emendations -- Translation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- English-Greek Glossary -- Greek-English Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index 330 $a"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 Publishing 330 8 $aAristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus took a more common-sense view. For him, place was an immobile three-dimensional extension, whose essence did not preclude its being empty, even if for other reasons it had always to be filled with body. However, Philoponus reserved his own definition for an excursus, already translated in this series, The Corollary on Place. In the text translated here he wanted instead to explain Aristotle's view to elementary students. The recent conjecture that he wished to attract young fellow Christians away from the official pagan professor of philosophy in Alexandria has the merit of explaining why he expounds Aristotle here, rather than attacking him. But he still puts the students through their paces, for example when discussing Aristotle's claim that place cannot be a body, or two bodies would coincide. This volume contains an English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography. 410 0$aAncient commentators on Aristotle. 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 606 $2Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 676 $a114 676 $a530 700 $aPhiloponus$b John$factive 6th century,$0160407 702 $aAlgra$b Keimpe$f1959- 702 $aOphuijsen$b J. M. van$f1953- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955045103321 996 $aOn Aristotle Physics 4.1-5$94336141 997 $aUNINA