On Aristotle on the Heavens 1.10-12 |
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| Author:
| Cilicia, Simplicius |
| Translator:
| Hankinson, R. J. |
| Series title: | Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7156-3232-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Imprint: | Bristol Classical Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $170.00 |
Book Description:
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In the three chapters of On the Heavens dealt with in this volume, Aristotle argues that the universe is ungenerated and indestructible. In Simplicius' commentary, translated here, we see a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian, Alexander, whose lost commentary on On the Heavens Simplicius partly preserves. Simplicius' rival, the Christian Philoponus, had conducted a parallel battle in his Against Proclus but had taken the side of Alexander against...
More DescriptionIn the three chapters of On the Heavens dealt with in this volume, Aristotle argues that the universe is ungenerated and indestructible. In Simplicius' commentary, translated here, we see a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian, Alexander, whose lost commentary on On the Heavens Simplicius partly preserves. Simplicius' rival, the Christian Philoponus, had conducted a parallel battle in his Against Proclus but had taken the side of Alexander against Proclus and other Platonists, arguing that Plato's Timaeus gives a beginning to the universe. Simplicius takes the Platonist side, denying that Plato intended a beginning. The origin on which Plato refers is, according to Simplicius, not a temporal origin, but the divine cause that produces the world without beginning.