Description: Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.5-9 Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): Simplicius, R.J. Hankinson Format: Paperback Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 9781472557421, 978-1472557421 Synopsis Aristotle argues in On the Heavens [url] that there can be no infinitely large body, and in [url] that there cannot be more than one physical world. As a corollary in [url] he infers that there is no place, vacuum or time beyond the outermost stars. As one argument in favour of a single world, he argues that his four elements: earth, air, fire and water, have only one natural destination apiece. Moreover they accelerate as they approach it and acceleration cannot be unlimited. However, the Neoplatonist Simplicius, who wrote the commentary in the sixth century AD (here translated into English), tells us that this whole world view was to be rejected by Strato, the third head of Aristotle's school. At the same time, he tells us the different theories of acceleration in Greek philosophy.
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Book Title: Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.5-9
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Simplicius: on Aristotle on the Heavens 1.5-9
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Astronomy
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 277 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Simplicius
Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
