| Description |
1 online resource (158 pages) |
| Series |
Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
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Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
"Paperback edition first published 2014"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 14, 2014) |
| Subject |
Space and time -- Early works to 1800
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Physics -- Early works to 1800
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Physics
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Space and time
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Huby, Pamela, translator
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Taylor, C. C. W., translator
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| ISBN |
9781472515315 |
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1472515315 |
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