Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 3.7-4.6

Ian Mueller is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, USA. He has also translated three volumes of Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 2.1-9; 2.10-14 and 3.1-7 for the series.

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• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Translation3.7 305b28-end. Criticism of Plato’s geometrical chemistry3.8 Criticism of Plato’s geometrical chemistry continued 4.1 Absolute and relative heaviness and lightness; criticism of Plato’s claim that there is no above and below in the universe4.2 Criticism of previous accounts of heaviness and lightness 4.3 Heaviness and lightness; natural motion as the attaining of form4.4 The existence of places between above and below and ofelements, water and air, to occupy them4.5 The four elements differ in their matter 4.6 The effect of shape and size on the motion of bodies Appendix 1. On the geometric arguments of 652,9-655,27 Appendix 2. On some later discussions of 306b5-8 Textual Questions (a) Departures from Heiberg’s text (b) Simplicius’ citations of On the Heaven 3.1-7, 305b28 (c) Simplicius’ citations of other texts (d) Lemmas Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Index of Names Subject Index Addenda