Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 181 p)
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Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472552242
Series Statement:
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Uniform Title:
Aristotelis De caelo commentaria 1.5-9
Content:
"Aristotle argues in On the Heavens 1.5-7 that there can be no infinitely large body, and in 1.8-9 that there cannot be more than one physical world. As a corollary in 1.9, he infers that there is no place, vacuum or time beyond the outermost stars. As one argument in favour of a single world, he argues that his four elements, earth, air, fire and water, have only one natural destination apiece. Moreover they accelerate as they approach it and acceleration cannot be unlimited. However, the Neoplatonist Simplicius, who wrote the commentary translated here in the sixth century AD, tells us that this whole world view was to be rejected by Strato, the third head of Aristotle's school. At the same time, he tells us the different theories of acceleration in Greek philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and indexes
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780715632314
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472501110
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472500526
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Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472552242
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