On Aristotle physics 4.6-9

On Aristotle physics 4.6-9

by Philoponus, John

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"Philoponus has been identified as the founder in dynamics of the theory of impetus, an inner force impressed from without, which, in its later recurrence, has been hailed as a scientific revolution. His commentary is translated here without the previously translated excursus, the Corollary on Void, previously translated in the series. Philoponus rejects Aristotle's attack on the very idea of void and of the possibility of motion in it, even though he thinks that void never occurs in fact. Phil…

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  • Full title :On Aristotle physics 4.6-9 / Philoponus ; translated by Pamela Huby.

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"Philoponus has been identified as the founder in dynamics of the theory of impetus, an inner force impressed from without, which, in its later recurrence, has been hailed as a scientific revolution. His commentary is translated here without the previously translated excursus, the Corollary on Void, previously translated in the series. Philoponus rejects Aristotle's attack on the very idea of void and of the possibility of motion in it, even though he thinks that void never occurs in fact. Philoponus' arguement waslater to be praised by Galileo."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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  • Publication Date:2012.

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  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (138 pages).

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  • ISBN:1472501764, 9781472501769
  • oclc:on1365080947
  • LC Classification:Q151.A8
  • Dewey Decimal:500

Subjects

Aristotle Livres numériques Physics -- Early works to 1800 Physics (Aristotle) Place (Philosophy) -- Early works to 18… Science, Ancient Sciences anciennes

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Philoponus, John Huby, Pamela M.

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