Simplicius

Simplicius

by Simplicius

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In this volume Simplicius deals with Aristotle's account of the Presocratics, and for many of them he is our chief or even sole authority. He quotes at length from Melissus, Parmenides and Zeno, sometimes from their original works but also from later writers from Plato onwards, drawing particularly on Alexander's lost commentary on Aristotle's Physics and on Porphyry . Much of his approach is just scholarly, but in places he reveals his Neoplatonist affiliation and attempts to show the basic ag…

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In this volume Simplicius deals with Aristotle's account of the Presocratics, and for many of them he is our chief or even sole authority. He quotes at length from Melissus, Parmenides and Zeno, sometimes from their original works but also from later writers from Plato onwards, drawing particularly on Alexander's lost commentary on Aristotle's Physics and on Porphyry . Much of his approach is just scholarly, but in places he reveals his Neoplatonist affiliation and attempts to show the basic agreement among his predecessors in spite of their apparent differences. This volume, part of the grou.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (158 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1472557921, 9781472557926, 0715639218, 9780715639214
  • oclc:ocn952777671
  • LC Classification:Q151.A8 S52213 2014
  • Dewey Decimal:185

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Conventions; Abbreviations; Textual Emendations; Introduction; Translation; 1.3; 1.4; Notes; Bibliography; 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; S; T; X; Z; Index of Passages; A; D; E; M; P; S; T; Z.

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Subjects

Aristotle. Physics Book 1 Space and time -- Early works to… Physics -- Early works to 1800

Writers

Simplicius Huby, Pamela M. Taylor, C. C. W.

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