| Description |
1 online resource (351 pages) |
| Series |
Philosophia Antiqua |
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Philosophia antiqua.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- List of Figures -- The Argument -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Heresy of Non-Homocentric Aetherial Motion -- Chapter Two. The Heretical Rejection of All Hypotheses -- Chapter Three. Simplicius, the Apologist -- Chapter Four. Simplicius, the Historian -- Chapter Five. Conclusion -- Translation -- In Aristotelis de caelo 2.10 -- In Aristotelis de caelo 2.11 -- In Aristotelis de caelo 2.12 -- Figures -- Comments -- Comments: In de caelo 2.10 -- Comments: In de caelo 2.11 -- Comments: In de caelo 2.12 -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
| Summary |
The book contends that the digression ending Simplicius' In de caelo 2.12 is not a proper history of early Greek planetary theory, but a creative attempt to show that to accept Ptolemy's planetary hypotheses one need not repudiate Aristotle's argument that the cosmos is eternal |
| Notes |
Text in English and Ancient Greek |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Simplicius, of Cilicia. De caelo 2.12
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Aristotle. De caelo.
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| SUBJECT |
De caelo (Aristotle) fast |
| Subject |
Astronomy, Greek.
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Cosmology, Ancient.
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Astronomy, Greek
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Cosmology, Ancient
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004241718 |
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900424171X |
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9004227083 |
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9789004227088 |
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9781283902212 |
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1283902214 |
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