Simplicius on the planets and their motions : in defense of a heresy
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Simplicius on the planets and their motions : in defense of a heresy
（Philosophia antiqua, v. 133）
Brill, 2013
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"Aristotelis De caelo commentaria"--CIP on t.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and indexes
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Description
Though the digression closing Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's De caelo 2.12 has long been misread as a history of early Greek planetary theory, it is in fact a creative reading of Aristotle to maintain the authority of the De caelo as a sacred text in Late Platonism and to refute the polemic mounted by the Christian, John Philoponus. This book shows that the critical question forced on Simplicius was whether his school's acceptance of Ptolemy's planetary hypotheses entailed a rejection of Aristotle's argument that the heavens are made of a special matter that moves by nature in a circle about the center of the cosmos and, thus, a repudiation of the thesis that the cosmos is uncreated and everlasting.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Conventions
List of Figures
The Argument
Introduction
1. The Heresy of Non-Homocentric Aetherial Motion
2. The Heretical Rejection of All Hypotheses
3. Simplicius, the Apologist
4. Simplicius, the Historian
5. Conclusion
Translation
In de caelo 2.10 The proportionality of the planetary speeds
In de caelo 2.11 The sphericity of the wandering stars
In de caelo 2.12 The proportionality of the planetary motions
Figures
Comments
In de caelo 2.10
In de caelo 2.11
In de caelo 2.12
Bibliography
Index of Passages
Passages in I.G. Kidd 1988-1999, vol.1
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
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