"This study provides the first full discussion of Philoponus' excursus on matter in Contra Proclum XI.1-8 which sets out the innovative definition of prime matter as three-dimensional extension." "The author argues that Philoponus' definition was motivated primarily by philosoph…
This book presents a series of Dr. Blumenthal’s studies on the history of Neoplatonism, from its founder Plotinus to the end of Classical Antiquity, relating especially to the Neoplatonists’ doctrines about the soul. The work falls into two parts. The first deals with Plotinus a…
The first five chapters of Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione distinguish creation and destruction from mere qualitative change and from growth. But what inspires Philoponus most in his commentary on these chapters is the topic of organic growth. How does it take place wi…
