Description
Simplicius' greatest contribution in his commentary on Aristotle on Physics 1.5-9 lies in his treatment of matter. The sixth-century philosopher starts with a valuable elucidation of what Aristotle means by 'principle' and 'element' in Physics. Simplicius' own conception of matter is of a quantity that is utterly diffuse because of its extreme distance from its source, the Neoplatonic One, and he tries to find this conception both in Plato's account of space and in a stray remark of Aristotle's. Finally, Simplicius rejects the Manichaean view that matter is evil and answers a Christian objection that to make matter imperishable is to put it on a level with God. This is the first translation of Simplicius' important work into English.
Author: Han Baltussen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04/10/2014
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781472557865
ISBN10: 1472557867
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Criticism
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Ancient & Classical
- Science | Physics | General
Author: Han Baltussen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04/10/2014
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781472557865
ISBN10: 1472557867
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Criticism
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | Ancient & Classical
- Science | Physics | General
About the Author
Editor/Translators:
Han Baltussen is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Thought at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and the author of Theophrastus Against the Presocratics and Plato: Peripatetic Dialectic in the De sensibus (2000).
Michael Atkinson is a former teacher of Classics at Eton College, UK.
Michael Share is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of History & Classics, University of Tasmania.
Ian Mueller was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, USA.