Simplicius, the greatest surviving ancient authority on Aristotle's
Physics , lived in the sixth century A. D. He produced detailed
commentaries on several of Aristotle's works. Those on the Physics,
which alone come to over 1,300 pages in the original Greek, preserve a
centuries-old tradition of ancient scholarship on Aristotle. In
Physics Book 5 Aristotle lays down some of the principles of his
dynamics and theory of change. What does not count as change: change
of relation? The flux of time? There is no change of change, yet
acceleration is recognised. Aristotle defines 'continuous', 'contact'
and 'next', and uses these definitions in discussing when we can claim
that the same change or event is still going on. This volume is
complemented by David Konstan's translation of Simplicius' commentary
on Physics Book 6, which has already appeared in this series. It is
Book 6 that gives spatial application to the terms defined in Book 5,
and uses them to mount a celebrated attack on atomism. Simplicius'
commentaries enrich our understanding of the Physics and of its
interpretation in the ancient world.
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9781472501875
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2020
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Bloomsbury UK
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Engelsk
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