Corollaries on place and void
In the Corollaries on Place and Void, Philoponus attacks Aristotle's conception of place as two-dimensional, adopting instead the view more familiar to us that it is three-dimensional, inert and conceivable as void. Philoponus' denial that velocity in the void would be infinite anticipated Galileo, as did his denial that speed of fall is proportionate to weight, which Galileo greatly developed. In the second document Simplicius attacks a lost treatise of Philoponus which argued for the Christia…
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- Full title :Corollaries on place and void / Philoponus ; translated by David Furley ; with Against Philoponus on the eternity of the world / Simplicius ; translated by Christian Wildberg.
Summary
In the Corollaries on Place and Void, Philoponus attacks Aristotle's conception of place as two-dimensional, adopting instead the view more familiar to us that it is three-dimensional, inert and conceivable as void. Philoponus' denial that velocity in the void would be infinite anticipated Galileo, as did his denial that speed of fall is proportionate to weight, which Galileo greatly developed. In the second document Simplicius attacks a lost treatise of Philoponus which argued for the Christians against the eternity of the world. He exploits Aristotle's concession that the world contains onl.
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- Publication Date:1991.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Duckworth
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1991.
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Series statement on jacket.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (153 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780933757, 1780933754
- oclc:ocn874563135
- LC Classification:B485
- Dewey Decimal:114
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Preface; Philoponus: Corollaries on Place and Void; Introduction; Translation; Corollary on Place; Corollary on Void; English-Greek Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Greek-English Index; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; X; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Simplicius: Against Philoponus on the Eternity of the World; Introduction; Textual emendations; Translation; English-Greek Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Greek-English Index.
AB; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; W; Appendix: the commentators.
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