Aristotle And Philoponus On Light
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Aristotle And Philoponus On Light
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Author : Jean De Groot
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-14
Aristotle And Philoponus On Light written by Jean De Groot and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-14 with Philosophy categories.
Originally published in 1991. Philoponus’ long commentary on Aristotle’s definition of light sets up the major concerns, both in optics and theory of light, that are discussed here. Light was of special interest in Neoplatonism because of its being something incorporeal in the world of natural bodies. Light therefore had a special role in the philosophical analysis of the interpenetration of bodies and was also a paradigm for the soul-body problem. The book contains much about the physiology of vision as well as the propagation of light. Several chapters investigate the philosophical theory behind what came to be known as ‘multiplication of species’ in medieval light theory. These issues in the history of science are placed within an analysis of Neoplatonic development of the distinction between Aristotle’s kinesis and energeia. The book treats Philoponus’ philosophy of mathematical science from the point of view of matter, quantity, and three-dimensionality.
Philoponus And The Rejection Of Aristotelian Science
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Author : Richard Sorabji
language : en
Publisher: University of London Press
Release Date : 2010
Philoponus And The Rejection Of Aristotelian Science written by Richard Sorabji and has been published by University of London Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Philosophy categories.
A substantially revised and supplemented edition of the collected volume originally published, by Duckworth, in 1987.
Simplicius On Aristotle Physics 8 1 5
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Author : István Bodnár
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Simplicius On Aristotle Physics 8 1 5 written by István Bodnár and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Philosophy categories.
In this commentary on Aristotle Physics book eight, chapters one to five, the sixth-century philosopher Simplicius quotes and explains important fragments of the Presocratic philosophers, provides the fragments of his Christian opponent Philoponus' Against Aristotle On the Eternity of the World, and makes extensive use of the lost commentary of Aristotle's leading defender, Alexander of Aphrodisias. This volume contains an English translation of Simplicius' important commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, explanatory notes and a bibliography.
Philoponus On Aristotle On The Soul 2 7 12
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Author : Philoponus,
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Philoponus On Aristotle On The Soul 2 7 12 written by Philoponus, and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Philosophy categories.
In this, one of the most original ancient texts on sense perception, Philoponus, the sixth century AD commentator on Aristotle, considers how far perceptual processes are incorporeal. Colour affects us in the same way as light which, passing through a stained glass window, affects the air, but colours only the masonry beyond. Sounds and smells are somewhat more physical, travelling most of the way to us with a moving block of air, but not quite all the way. Only the organ of touch takes on the tangible qualities perceived, because reception of sensible qualities in perception is cognitive, not physical. Neither light nor the action of colour involves the travel of bodies. Our capacities for psychological activity do not follow, nor result from, the chemistry of our bodies, but merely supervene on that. On the other hand, Philoponus shows knowledge of the sensory nerves, and he believes that thought and anger both warm us. This argument is used elsewhere to show how we can tell someone else's state of mind.
Philoponus On Aristotle On Coming To Be 1 6 2 4
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Author : C.J.F. William
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-04-10
Philoponus On Aristotle On Coming To Be 1 6 2 4 written by C.J.F. William and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-10 with Philosophy categories.
These chapters of Aristotle's treatise are about physical interactions. In his innovative commentary, Philoponus discusses Aristotle's idea that certain qualities of the elements are basic. In what way are they basic? he asks. To what extent can the other qualities be reduced to the basic ones? And if the other qualities depend on the basic ones, how is it that they can vary independently of each other when the basic qualities change? Philoponus develops the idea that the other qualities merely supervene on the basic ones, rather than resulting from them. Moreover, physical qualities admit of different ranges of variation, and so have different thresholds at which they appear or disappear. Philoponus also discusses Aristotle's idea that the elements and their basic qualities survive potentially when mixed together. He explains this by drawing a third sense of 'potential' out of Aristotle's texts to take the place of the two senses which Aristotle explicitly recognises. Philoponus adds further restrictions to Aristotle's principles of causation. Black can contaminate white, but the black in ebony does not have the right matter for affecting the white of milk. He asks why fluids can affect each other more easily than solids. In every case, Philoponus takes Aristotle's discussions further, and his ideas on the dependence of some qualities on others are very relevant to the continuing philosophical debate on the subject.
Philoponus Against Aristotle On The Eternity Of The World
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Author : Christian Wildberg
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-06-01
Philoponus Against Aristotle On The Eternity Of The World written by Christian Wildberg and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-01 with Philosophy categories.
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 be composed. Pagans and Christians were divided on whether the world had a beginning, and on whether a belief that the heavens were divine was a mark of religion. Philoponus claimed on behalf of Christianity that the universe was not eternal. His most spectacular arguments, where wrung paradox out of the pagan belief in an infinite past, have been wrongly credited by historians of science to a period 700 years later. The treatise was to influence Islamic, Jewish, Byzantine and Latin thought, though the fifth element was defended against Philoponus even beyond the time of Copernicus. The influence of the treatise was not easy to trace before the fragments were assembled. Dr. Wildberg has brought them together for the first time and provided a summary which makes coherent sense of the whole. He has also studied a Syriac fragment, which reveals that the treatise originally contained an explicitly theological section on the Christian expectation of a new heaven and a new earth.
Philoponus On Aristotle Physics 4 6 9
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Philoponus On Aristotle Physics 4 6 9 written by and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Philosophy categories.
Philoponus has been identified as the founder in dynamics of the theory of impetus, an inner force impressed from without, which, in its later recurrence, has been hailed as a scientific revolution. His commentary is translated here without the previously translated excursus, the Corollary on Void, also available in this series. Philoponus rejects Aristotle's attack on the very idea of void and of the possibility of motion in it, even though he thinks that void never occurs in fact. Philoponus' argument was later to be praised by Galileo. This volume contains the first English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography.
Philoponus On Aristotle Physics 5 8 With Simplicius On Aristotle On The Void
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Author : J.O. Urmson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Philoponus On Aristotle Physics 5 8 With Simplicius On Aristotle On The Void written by J.O. Urmson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Philosophy categories.
Paul Lettinck has restored a lost text of Philoponus by translating it for the first time from Arabic (only limited fragments have survived in the original Greek). The text, recovered from annotations in an Arabic translation of Aristotle, is an abridging paraphrase of Philoponus' commentary on Physics Books 5-7, with two final comments on Book 8. The Simplicius text, which consists of his comments on Aristotle's treatment of the void in chapters 6-9 of Book 4 of the Physics, comes from Simplicius' huge commentary on Book 4. Simplicius' comments on Aristotle's treatment of place and time have been translated by J. O. Urmson in two earlier volumes of this series.
Philoponus On Aristotle S On Coming To Be And Perishing 1 6 2 4
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Author : John Philoponus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Philoponus On Aristotle S On Coming To Be And Perishing 1 6 2 4 written by John Philoponus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Philosophy categories.
"In every case, Philoponus takes Aristotle's discussions further, and his ideas concerning the dependence of some qualities on others are very relevant to the continuing philosophical debate on the subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Philoponus On Aristotle S On Coming To Be And Perishing 1 1 5
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Author : John Philoponus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Philoponus On Aristotle S On Coming To Be And Perishing 1 1 5 written by John Philoponus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Education categories.
The first five chapters of Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione distinguish creation and destruction from mere qualitative change and from growth. But what inspires Philoponus most in his commentary on these chapters is the topic of organic growth. How does it take place without ingested matter getting into the same place as the growing body? And how is personal identity preserved, if our matter is always in flux, and our form depends on our matter? If we do not depend on the persistence of matter why are we not immortal? Analogous problems of identity arise also for inanimate beings. These topics of identity over time and the principles of causation are still matters of intense philosophical discussion.