Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.1-4
In chapter 1 of On the Heavens Aristotle defines body, and then notoriously ruptures dynamics by introducing a fifth element, beyond Plato's four, to explain the rotation of the heavens, which, like nearly all Greeks, Aristotle took to be real, not apparent. Even a member of his school, Xenarchus, we are told, rejected his fifth element. The Neoplatonist Simplicius seeks to harmonise Plato and Aristotle. Plato, he says, thought that the heavens were composed of all four elements but with the purest kind of fire, namely light, predominating. That Plato would not mind this being called a fifth element is shown by his associating with the heaven…
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Weitere Autoren: Hankinson, Jim (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78093-906-3
- EAN: 9781780939063
- Produktnummer: 17037878
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'787 KB
Über den Autor
Ian Mueller was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.
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