Philoponus: Corollaries on Place and Void with Simplicius: Against Philoponus on the Eternity of the World by Philoponus

Philoponus: Corollaries on Place and Void with Simplicius: Against Philoponus on the Eternity of the World

Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

Philoponus with C. Wildberg (Translator), D. Furley (Translator)

156 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy science challenging informative medium-paced

Description

In the Corollaries on Place and Void, Philoponus attacks Aristotle's conception of place as two-dimensional, adopting instead the view more familiar to us that it is three-dimensional, inert and conceivable as void. Philoponus' denial that velocit...

Read more

Community reviews

This book doesn't have any reviews or ratings yet!

If you've read it, mark it as 'read' and add a review to help others in the StoryGraph community figure out if it might be a book for them!

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.