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Philoponus : on Aristotle physics 4.1-5 /

Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Phil...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Algra, Keimpe (Traducteur), Ophuijsen, Johannes van (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
Collection:Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
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Résumé:Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by the Latin Middle Ages, even 1600 years after his death, though it had not convinced many ancient Greek philosophers. The sixth century commentator Philoponus took a more common-sense view. For him, place was an immobile three-dimensional extension, whose essence did not preclude its being empty, even if for other reasons it had always to be filled with body. However, Philoponus reserved his own definition for an excursus, already translated in this series,
Description:"Paperback edition first published 2014"--Title page verso
Description matérielle:1 online resource (159 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781472501776
1472501772