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Author Simplicius, of Cilicia.

Title Simplicius on the planets and their motions : in defense of a heresy / by Alan C. Bowen
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Series Philosophia antiqua : a series of studies on ancient philosophy, 0079-1687 ; v. 133
Philosophia antiqua ; v. 133.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Conventions; List of Figures; The Argument; Introduction; Chapter One. The Heresy of Non-Homocentric Aetherial Motion; Chapter Two. The Heretical Rejection of All Hypotheses; Chapter Three. Simplicius, the Apologist; Chapter Four. Simplicius, the Historian; Chapter Five. Conclusion; Translation; In Aristotelis de caelo 2.10; In Aristotelis de caelo 2.11; In Aristotelis de caelo 2.12; Figures; Comments; Comments: In de caelo 2.10; Comments: In de caelo 2.11; Comments: In de caelo 2.12; Bibliography; Index of Passages; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
Summary The book contends that the digression ending Simplicius' In de caelo 2.12 is not a proper history of early Greek planetary theory, but a creative atempt to show that to accept Ptolemy's planetary hypotheses one need not repudiate Aristotle's argument that the cosmos is eternal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Simplicius, of Cilicia.
Aristotle. De caelo.
SUBJECT Simplicius, of Cilicia fast
De caelo (Aristotle) fast
Subject Astronomy -- Early works to 1800
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Astronomy
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Bowen, Alan C.
ISBN 9789004241718
900424171X
Other Titles Aristotelis De caelo commentaria. English