Philoponus: Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World by John Philoponus

Philoponus: Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World

Ancient Commentators on Aristotle

John Philoponus with Christian Wildberg (Translator)

188 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy science challenging informative medium-paced

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Philoponus' treatise Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World, an attack on Aristotle's astronomy and theology is concerned mainly with the eternity and divinity of the fifth element, or 'quintessence', of which Aristotle took the stars to b...

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