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Philoponus
On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 1.1-8
Av Philoponus, Richard D. McKirahan
Inbunden, 2008
2266 kr
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Aristotle's "Posterior Analytics" elaborates for the first time in the history of Western philosophy the notions of science and the requirements for the distinctive kind of knowledge scientists possess. His model is mathematics and his treatment of science amounts to a philosophical discussion, …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2012
2266 kr
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Of Philoponus' commentary on the Meteorology only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It is translated in this series in two volumes, the first covering chapters 1-3; the second (this volume) chapters 4-9 and 12. The subjects discussed here include the nature of fiery …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.1-3
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2011
2266 kr
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Aristotle's Meteorology influenced generations of speculation about the earth sciences, ranging from atmospheric phenomena to earthquakes. The commentary of John Philoponus (6th century AD) on the opening three chapters of Meteorology is here translated for the first time into English by Dr Inna …
Philoponus
On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2009
2266 kr
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In the chapters discussed in this section of "Philoponus' Physics commentary" Aristotle explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come into being …
Philoponus
On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 2
Inbunden, 2009
2266 kr
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The "Posterior Analytics" contains Aristotle's Philosophy of Science. In Book 2, Aristotle asks how the scientist discovers what sort of loss of light constitutes lunar eclipse. The scientist has to discover that the moon's darkening is due to the earth's shadow. Once that defining explanation is …
Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 9-11
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2010
2266 kr
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In one of the most original books of late antiquity, "Philoponus" argues for the Christian view that matter can be created by God out of nothing. It needs no prior matter for its creation. At the same time, "Philoponus" transforms Aristotle's conception of prime matter as an incorporeal 'something …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.10-14
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2011
2266 kr
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Philoponus' commentary on the last part of Aristotle's Physics Book 4 does not offer major alternatives to Aristotle's science, as did his commentary on the earlier parts, concerning place, vacuum and motion in a vacuum. Aristotle's subject here is time, and his treatment of it had led to …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 1.9-18
Av Philoponus, Richard D. McKirahan
Inbunden, 2012
2266 kr
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In this part of the Posterior Analytics, Aristotle elaborates his assessment of how universal truths of science can be scientifically explained as inevitable in demonstrative proofs. But he introduces complications: some sciences discuss phenomena that can only be explained by higher sciences and …
Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 9-11
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
595 kr
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In one of the most original books of late antiquity, Philoponus argues for the Christian view that matter can be created by God out of nothing. It needs no prior matter for its creation. At the same time, Philoponus transforms Aristotle''s conception of prime matter as an incorporeal ''something - …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 1.9-18
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
595 kr
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In this part of the Posterior Analytics , Aristotle elaborates his assessment of how universal truths of science can be scientifically explained as inevitable in demonstrative proofs. But he introduces complications: some sciences discuss phenomena that can only be explained by higher sciences and …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2.1-6
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
595 kr
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In On The Soul 2.1-6, Aristotle differs from Plato in his account of the soul, by tying it to the body. The soul is the life-manifesting capacities that we all have and that distinguish living things, and explain their behaviour. He defines soul and life by reference to the capacities for using …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2.7-12
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
590 kr
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In this, one of the most original ancient texts on sense perception, Philoponus, the sixth century AD commentator on Aristotle, considers how far perceptual processes are incorporeal. Colour affects us in the same way as light which, passing through a stained glass window, affects the air, but …
Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 1-5
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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This is a post-Aristotelian Greek philosophical text, written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, AD 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatanism, …
Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 6-8
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
699 kr
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This is one of the most interesting of all post-Aristotelian Greek philosophical texts, written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, AD 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming to be and Perishing 2.5-11
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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Until the launch of this series over ten years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Subjects …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 1.1-2
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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This text by Philoponus, the sixth-century commentator on Aristotle, is notable for its informative introduction to psychology, which tells us the views of Philoponus, of his teacher and of later Neoplatonists on our psychological capacities and on mind-body relations. There is an unusual account …
Philoponus: On Aristotle on the Soul 1.3-5
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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Until the launch of this series over fifteen years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. This text …
Philoponus: Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 12-18
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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In chapters 12-18 of Against Proclus , Philoponus continues to do battle against Proclus'' arguments for the beginninglessness and everlastingness of the ordered universe. In this final section there are three notable issues under discussion. The first concerns the composition of the heavens and …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 1.1-8
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
595 kr
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Aristotle''s Posterior Analytics elaborates for the first time in the history of Western philosophy the notions of science and the requirements for the distinctive kind of knowledge scientists possess. His model is mathematics and his treatment of science amounts to a philosophical discussion, from …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
589 kr
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Aristotle''s Physics 1.4-9 explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come into being out of nothing, and if so, in what sense that is true. …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Posterior Analytics 2
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
590 kr
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The Posterior Analytics contains Aristotle''s philosophy of science. In Book 2, Aristotle asks how the scientist discovers what sort of loss of light constitutes lunar eclipse. The scientist has to discover that the moon''s darkening is due to the earth''s shadow. Once that defining explanation is …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.1-3
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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Aristotle''s Meteorology influenced generations of speculation about the earth sciences, ranging from atmospheric phenomena to earthquakes. The commentary of John Philoponus (6th century AD) on the opening three chapters of Meteorology is here translated for the first time into English by Dr Inna …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.10-14
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
608 kr
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Philoponus'' commentary on the last part of Aristotle''s Physics Book 4 does not offer major alternatives to Aristotle''s science, as did his commentary on the earlier parts, concerning place, vacuum and motion in a vacuum. Aristotle''s subject here is time, and his treatment of it had led to …
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12
Av Philoponus
E-bok, 2014
595 kr
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Of Philoponus'' commentary on the Meteorology only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It is translated in this series in two volumes, the first covering chapters 1-3; the second (this volume) chapters 4-9 and 12. The subjects discussed here include the nature of fiery …
Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 1-5
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
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This is a post-Aristotelian Greek philosophical text, written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, AD 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatanism, …
Philoponus: Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 12-18
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
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In chapters 12-18 of Against Proclus, Philoponus continues to do battle against Proclus' arguments for the beginninglessness and everlastingness of the ordered universe. In this final section there are three notable issues under discussion. The first concerns the composition of the heavens and its …
Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 6-8
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
641 kr
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This is one of the most interesting of all post-Aristotelian Greek philosophical texts, written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, AD 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2.1-6
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
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In On The Soul 2.1-6, Aristotle differs from Plato in his account of the soul, by tying it to the body. The soul is the life-manifesting capacities that we all have and that distinguish living things, and explain their behaviour. He defines soul and life by reference to the capacities for using …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming to be and Perishing 2.5-11
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Until the launch of this series over ten years ago, the 15,000 volumes of the ancient Greek commentators on Aristotle, written mainly between 200 and 600 AD, constituted the largest corpus of extant Greek philosophical writings not translated into English or other European languages. Subjects …
Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2.7-12
Av Philoponus, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
558 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this, one of the most original ancient texts on sense perception, Philoponus, the sixth century AD commentator on Aristotle, considers how far perceptual processes are incorporeal. Colour affects us in the same way as light which, passing through a stained glass window, affects the air, but …
