Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.1-3, Catherine Osborne
Автор: Mark Edwards Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 3 ISBN: 1780934343 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780934341 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Book 3 of Aristotle's Physics primarily concerns two important concepts for his theory of nature: change and infinity. Change is important because, in Book 2, he has defined nature - the subject-matter of the Physics - as an internal source of change. Much of his discussion is dedicated to showing that the change occurs in the patient which undergoes it, not in the agent which causes it. Thus Book 3 is an important step in clearing the way for Book 8's claims for a divine mover who causes change but in whom no change occurs. The second half of Book 3 introduces Aristotle's doctrine of infinity as something which is always potential, never actual, never traversed and never multiplied. Here, as elsewhere, Philoponus the Christian turns Aristotle's own infinity arguments against the pagan Neoplatonist belief in a beginningless universe. Such a universe, Philoponus replies, would involve actual infinity of past years already traversed, and a multiple number of past days. The commentary also contains intimations of the doctrine of impetus - which has been regarded, in its medieval context, as a scientific revolution - as well as striking examples of Philoponus' use of thought experiments to establish philosophical and broadly scientific conclusions.
Описание: The earlier part of the commentary by 'Philoponus' on Aristotle's On the Soul is translated by William Charlton in another volume in the series. This volume includes the latter part of the commentary along with a translation of Stephanus' commentary on Aristotle 's On Interpretation. It thus enables readers to assess for themselves Charlton's view that the commentary once ascribed to Philoponus should in fact be ascribed to Stephanus. The two treatises of Aristotle here commented on are very different from each other. In On Interpretation Aristotle studies the logic of opposed pairs of statements. It is in this context that Aristotle discusses the nature of language and the implications for determinism of opposed predictions about a future occurrence, such as a sea-battle. And Stephanus, like his predecessor Ammonius, brings in other deterministic arguments not considered by Aristotle ('The Reaper' and the argument from God's foreknowledge). In On the Soul 3.9-13, Aristotle introduces a theory of action and motivation and sums up the role of perception in animal life. Despite the differences in subject matter between the two texts, Charlton is able to make a good case for Stephanus' authorship of both commentaries. He also sees Stephanus as preserving what was valuable from Ammonius' earlier commentary On Interpretation, while bringing to bear the virtue of greater concision. At the same time, Stephanus reveals his Christian affiliations, in contrast to Ammonius, his pagan predecessor.
Автор: Philoponus Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.10-14 ISBN: 1472557964 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472557964 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A volume in the prestigious series, The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, which translates the works of the ancient commentators into English for the first time.
Автор: Philoponus Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9 ISBN: 1472557824 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472557827 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come into being out of nothing, and if so, in what sense that is true.
Автор: A.R. Lacey Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 2 ISBN: 1472558030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472558039 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Book 2 of the Physics is arguably the best introduction to Aristotle's work, both because it explains some of his central concepts, such as nature and the four causes, and because it asks some gripping questions that are still debated today: Is chance something real? If so, what? Can nature be explained by chance, necessity and natural selection, or is it purposive? Philoponus' commentary is not only a valuable guide, but also a work of Neoplatonism with its own views on causation, the Providence of Nature, the problem of evil and the immortality of the soul.
Автор: Johannes van Ophuijsen, Keimpe Algra Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.1-5 ISBN: 1472558006 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472558008 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first translation into English of this commentary, written by the sixth-century philosopher Philoponus on Aristotle Physics book four, chapters one to five, in which he explains Aristotle`s account of place to elementary students.
Автор: Huby Pamela Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.6-9 ISBN: 1472539168 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472539168 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first translation into English of the commentary of the sixth-century philosopher Philoponus on Aristotle`s Physics Book 4, chapters 6-9. In this section of his commentary, Philoponus attacks Aristotle`s views on void (or vacuum) and motion.
Paul Lettinck has restored a lost text of Philoponus by translating it for the first time from Arabic (only limited fragments have survived in the original Greek). The text, recovered from annotations in an Arabic translation of Aristotle, is an abridging paraphrase of Philoponus' commentary on Physics Books 5-7, with two final comments on Book 8. The Simplicius text, which consists of his comments on Aristotle's treatment of the void in chapters 6-9 of Book 4 of the Physics, comes from Simplicius' huge commentary on Book 4. Simplicius' comments on Aristotle's treatment of place and time have been translated by J. O. Urmson in two earlier volumes of this series.
Автор: Goldin Owen Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 1.19-34 ISBN: 1472557999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472557995 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This translation into English of part of the commentary of the sixth-century philosopher Philoponus on Aristotle`s Posterior Analytics deals with the important topic of explanation though scientific demonstration.
Автор: Philoponus Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 1.1-8 ISBN: 1472558189 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472558183 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Aristotle`s "Posterior Analytics" elaborates the notions of science and the requirements for the distinctive kind of knowledge scientists possess. This book explores the foundations of Aristotle`s theory, pointing out the similarities and differences between scientific and other types of knowledge, and establishing the need for basic principles.
Автор: Christian Wildberg Название: Philoponus: Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World ISBN: 1780933592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780933597 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Philoponus` treatise Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World, an attack on Aristotle`s astronomy and theology is concerned mainly with the eternity and divinity of the fifth element, or `quintessence`, of which Aristotle took the stars to be composed.
Автор: C.J.F. Williams Название: Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming-to-Be and Perishing 1.1-5 ISBN: 1780938691 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780938691 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first five chapters of Aristotle’s De Generatione et Corruptione distinguish creation and destruction from mere qualitative change and from growth. They include a fascinating debate about the atomists’ analysis of creation and destruction as due to the rearrangement of indivisible atoms. Aristotle’s rival belief in the infinite divisibility of matter is explained and defended against the atomists’ powerful attack on infinite divisibility. But what inspired Philoponus most in his commentary is the topic of organic growth. How does it take place without ingested matter getting into the same place as the growing body? And how is personal identity preserved, if our matter is always in flux, and our form depends on our matter? If we do not depend on the persistence of matter why are we not immortal? Analogous problems of identity arise also for inanimate beings. Philoponus draws out a brief remark of Aristotle’s to show that cause need not be like effect. For example, what makes something hard may be cold, not hard. This goes against a persistent philosophical prejudice, but Philoponus makes it plausible that Aristotle recognized this truth. These topics of identity over time and the principles of causation are still matters of intense discussion.
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