Overview :John Philoponus, also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Christian philosopher, theologian, scientist, and literary s... Read More
Overview :Book 3 of Aristotle's Physics primarily concerns two important concepts for his theory of nature: change and infinity. Change is important b... Read More
Overview :Book 2 of the Physics is arguably the best introduction to Aristotle's work, both because it explains some of his central concepts, such as ... Read More
Overview :Aristotle's account of place, in which he defined a thing's place as the inner surface of its nearest immobile container, was supported by t... Read More
Overview :Philoponus has been identified as the founder in dynamics of the theory of impetus, an inner force impressed from without, which, in its lat... Read More
Overview :In On The Soul 2.1-6, Aristotle differs from Plato in his account of the soul, by tying it to the body. The soul is the life-manifesting cap... Read More
Overview :Aristotle's Posterior Analytics elaborates for the first time in the history of Western philosophy the notions of science and the requiremen... Read More
Overview :Of Philoponus' commentary on the Meteorology only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It is translated in this... Read More
Overview :In one of the most original books of late antiquity, Philoponus argues for the Christian view that matter can be created by God out of nothi... Read More
Overview :In chapters 12-18 of Against Proclus, Philoponus continues to do battle against Proclus' arguments for the beginninglessness and everlasting... Read More
Overview :The earlier part of the commentary by 'Philoponus' on Aristotle's On the Soul is translated by William Charlton in another volume in the ser... Read More
Overview :In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c. 490-570 CE) confronts numerous aspects of Aristotle's philosophy and science. Yet the ... Read More
Overview : How were Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations read in Antiquity? What were the perceived intentions, messages and problems of this treatise,... Read More