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Simplicius, On Aristotle ‘Physics 8.1-5’, 2012
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Title	Simplicius, On Aristotle ‘Physics 8.1-5’
Type	Edited Book
Language	English
Date	2012
Publication Place	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Series	Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Simplicius
Editor(s)
Translator(s)	Bodnár, István M.(Bodnár, István M.) , Chase, Michael(Chase, Michael ) , Share, Michael (Share, Michael ) ,

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. [offical abstract]

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Simplicius’ response to Philoponus’ attacks on Aristotle’s Physics 8.1., 2012
By: Chase, Michael, Bodnár, István M. (Ed.), Chase, Michael (Ed.), Share, Michael (Ed.)

Title	Simplicius’ response to Philoponus’ attacks on Aristotle’s Physics 8.1.
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2012
Published in	Simplicius, On Aristotle ‘Physics 8.1-5’
Pages	1-16
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Chase, Michael
Editor(s)	Bodnár, István M. , Chase, Michael , Share, Michael
Translator(s)

The section devoted to Physics 8.1 is one of the most extensive and interesting in Simplicius’ commentary on Physics 8. On the one hand, it contains Simplicius’ usual meticulous comments on the text of Aristotle, who here begins his demonstration of the eternity of motion. As is his wont, the Stagirite starts out with a critical survey of the views of his predecessors, which gives Simplicius the opportunity to quote and explain a number of important fragments of Presocratic philosophers (Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, the Atomists, Diogenes of Apollonia, and especially Empedocles). But the bulk of Simplicius’ commentary on Physics 8.1 consists of one of his famous digressions, in which he quotes and attempts to refute several fragments from Book 6 of "Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World," written by his Christian rival, John Philoponus, sometime in the 530s. Many of the arguments of both Philoponus and Simplicius concerning time, eternity, and the nature of the infinite are of considerable philosophical importance, as a number of recent studies have shown. Quite apart from the intrinsic interest of the various arguments mobilized by both interlocutors, however, Book 8.1 of Simplicius’ "Commentary on Physics," together with his "Commentary on the de Caelo," provide us with vitally important documents concerning the conflict between pagans and Christians in the second quarter of the sixth century AD. [p. 1]

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Eudemus of Rhodes, 2002
By: Fortenbaugh, William. W. (Ed.), Bodnár, István M. (Ed.)

Title	Eudemus of Rhodes
Type	Edited Book
Language	English
Date	2002
Publication Place	New Jersey
Publisher	Transaction Publisher
Series	Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
Volume	11
Categories	no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William. W. , Bodnár, István M.
Translator(s)

Eudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of the fourth century BCE. When Aristotle died, having chosen Theophrastus as his successor, Eudemus returned to Rhodes where it appears he founded his own school. His contributions to logic were significant: he took issue with Aristotle concerning the status of the existential "is," and together with Theophrastus he made important contributions to hypothetical syllogistic and modal logic. He wrote at length on physics, largely following Aristotle, and took an interest in animal behavior. His histories of geometry, arithmetic, and astronomy were of great importance and are responsible for much of what we know of these subjects in earlier times.Volume 11 in the series Rutgers Studies in Classical Humanities is different in that it is composed entirely of articles that discuss Eudemus from a variety of viewpoints. Sixteen scholars representing seven nations have contributed essays to the volume. A special essay by Dimitri Gutas brings together for the first time the Arabic material relating to Eudemus. Other contributors and essays are: Hans B. Gottschalk, "Eudemus and the Peripatos"; Tiziano Dorandi, "Quale aspetto controverso della biografia di Eudemo di Rodi"; William W. Fortenbaugh, "Eudemus' Work On Expression"; Pamela M. Huby, "Did Aristotle Reply to Eudemus and Theophrastus on Some Logical Issues?"; Robert Sharples, "Eudemus Physics: Change, Place and Time"; Han Baltussen, "Wehrli's Edition of Eudemus of Rhodes: The Physical Fragments from Simplicius' Commentary on Aristotle's Physics"; Sylvia Berryman, "Sumphues and Suneches: Continuity and Coherence in Early Peripatetic Texts"; Istvbn Bodnbr, "Eudemus' Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b Wehrli"; Deborah K. W. Modrak, "Phantasia, Thought and Science in Eudemus"; Stephen White, "Eudemus the Naturalist"; J orgen Mejer, "Eudemus and the History of Science"; Leonid Zhmud, "Eudemus' History of Mathematics"; Alan C. Bowen, "Eudemus' History of Early Greek Astronomy: Two Hypotheses"; Dmitri Panchenko, "Eudemus Fr. 145 Wehrli and the Ancient Theories of Lunar Light"; and Gbbor Betegh, "On Eudemus Fr. 150 Wehrli.""[Eudemus of Rhodes] marks a substantial progress in our knowledge of Eurdemus. For it enlarges the scope of the information available on this author, highlights the need of, and paves the way to, a new critical edition of the Greek fragments of his works, and provides a clearer view of his life, thought, sources and influence. In all these respects, it represents a necessary complement to Wehrli's edition of Eudemus' fragments." -Amos Bertolacci, The Classical BulletinIstvbn Bodnbr is a member of the philosophy department at the Eotvos University in Budapest, where he teaches and does research on ancient philosophy. He has been a junior fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies and most recently has been an Alexander von Humboldt Stipendiat in Berlin at the Max Plank Institut for Wissenschaftsgeschichte and at the Freie Universitot.William W. Fortenbaugh is professor of classics at Rutgers University. In addition to editing several books in this series, he has written Aristotle on Emotion and Quellen zur Ethik Theophrastus. New is his edition of Theophrastus's treatise On Sweat.

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Theophrastus’ De Igne: Orthodoxy, Reform and Readjustment in the Doctrine of Elements, 2002
By: Bodnár, István M., Fortenbaugh, William W. (Ed.), Wöhrle, Georg (Ed.)

Title	Theophrastus’ De Igne: Orthodoxy, Reform and Readjustment in the Doctrine of Elements
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	On the Opuscula of Theophrastus. Akten der 3. Tagungder Karl-und-Gertrud-Abel-Stiftung vom 19.-23. Juli 1999 in Trier
Pages	75-90
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Bodnár, István M.
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William W. , Wöhrle, Georg
Translator(s)

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Eudemus’ Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b Wehrli, 2002
By: Bodnár, István M., Fortenbaugh, William. W. (Ed.), Bodnár, István M. (Ed.)

Title	Eudemus’ Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b Wehrli
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	Eudemus of Rhodes
Pages	171-189
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Bodnár, István M.
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William. W. , Bodnár, István M.
Translator(s)

[...] Aristotle not only establishes the existence of such supra-natural movers; in Physics 8 and Metaphysics 12 he will also argue for some salient characteristics of these entities. Among these, the two which crop up in the Eudemian fragments can be conveniently labelled rela tional. Both the question to what extent motion can be attributed to these entities in virtue of the motion of the entities they move, and the question where exactly these entities are located can be meaningfully asked only in relation to the physical entities, from which they are oth erwise carefully distinguished. [p. 171]

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Eudemus' Physics: Change, Place and Time, 2002
By: Sharples, Robert W., Bodnár, István M. (Ed.), Fortenbaugh, William W. (Ed.)

Title	Eudemus' Physics: Change, Place and Time
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	Eudemus of Rhodes
Pages	107-126
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s)	Bodnár, István M. , Fortenbaugh, William W.
Translator(s)

Eduard Zeller suggested2 that Eudemus’ Physics was an abridgement of the Aristotelian treatise, compiled by Eudemus for his own lectures when he left the Lyceum and set up his own school in Rhodes. We can not I think prove this; but it seems plausible enough. It is clear that Eudemus followed the sequence of Aristotle’s discussion closely; Simplicius used Eudemus’ order of treatment to argue that the sixth book of Aristotle’s Physics was rightly regarded as following on the fifth (Eud. fr. 98W). [Introduction, p. 107]

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Wehrli’s Edition of Eudemus of Rhodes: The Physical Fragments from Simplicius’ Commentary On Aristotle’s Physics, 2002
By: Baltussen, Han, Fortenbaugh, William W. (Ed.), Bodnár, István M. (Ed.)

Title	Wehrli’s Edition of Eudemus of Rhodes: The Physical Fragments from Simplicius’ Commentary On Aristotle’s Physics
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	Eudemus of Rhodes
Pages	127-156
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Baltussen, Han
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William W. , Bodnár, István M.
Translator(s)

This text discusses a critical assessment of Wehrli's edition of Eudemus of Rhodes' fragments, focusing on their relevance to physics and Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics. The author argues that Wehrli's edition, while once standard, no longer meets current standards and necessitates a new one. Simplicius' role in preserving and interpreting ancient philosophers' doctrines and the significance of Eudemus' fragments are highlighted. The paper presents additional passages from Simplicius' commentary that were not included in Wehrli's edition, suggesting the need for a broader approach to studying fragments. The value of Eudemus' clarifications for later commentators is emphasized, leading to the conclusion that a reevaluation of Wehrli's method and form is necessary for future editors of the Eudemian fragments. [introduction/conclusion]

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Alexander of Aphrodisias on Celestial Motions, 1997
By: Bodnár, István M.

Title	Alexander of Aphrodisias on Celestial Motions
Type	Article
Language	English
Date	1997
Journal	Phronesis
Volume	42
Issue	2
Pages	190-205
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Bodnár, István M.
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

A number of features of the doctrine of Alexander of Aphrodisias on heavenly motions are beyond reasonable doubt. First and foremost of these is that he identified the nature of the heavenly spheres with their soul, thereby he could entirely collapse natural motion with voluntary motion into one in their case. Moreover the celestial element, which Alexander tends to call theion sôma, divine body is removed from the components of the everchanging sublunary world to the extent that it can be a legitimate question whether the substrate of celestial bodies can be called matter, and Alexander can refer to perishable entities as evIua, material in contrast to this sublime element. After identifying the contribution of the nature of the celestial spheres with that of their soul, Alexander follows Aristotle in setting out a celestial hierarchy, on top of which there is or there are the separate unmoved mover(s), which move(s) by being object(s) of striving and desire for the less perfect entities of the heavens. This much seems to be firmly settled. A number of further issues, however, call for detailed examination. In this paper first I set out to clarify the contributions of the striving of the different celestial spheres, then I turn to describing the interaction between the various motions of the celestial system, and I discuss whether the theory Alexander propounded could have been a fundamental revision, or rather an alternative exposition of the original, Aristotelian celestial theory deploying homocentric spheres. [Introduction, pp. 190 f.]

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Alexander of Aphrodisias on Celestial Motions, 1997
By: Bodnár, István M.

Title	Alexander of Aphrodisias on Celestial Motions
Type	Article
Language	English
Date	1997
Journal	Phronesis
Volume	42
Issue	2
Pages	190-205
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Bodnár, István M.
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

A number of features of the doctrine of Alexander of Aphrodisias on heavenly motions are beyond reasonable doubt. First and foremost of these is
that he identified the nature of the heavenly spheres with their soul, thereby he could entirely collapse natural motion with voluntary motion into one in their case. Moreover the celestial element, which Alexander tends to call theion sôma, divine body is removed from the components of
the everchanging sublunary world to the extent that it can be a legitimate question whether the substrate of celestial bodies can be called matter, and Alexander can refer to perishable entities as evIua, material in contrast to this sublime element. After identifying the contribution of the nature of the celestial spheres with that of their soul, Alexander follows
Aristotle in setting out a celestial hierarchy, on top of which there is or there are the separate unmoved mover(s), which move(s) by being object(s) of striving and desire for the less perfect entities of the heavens. This much seems to be firmly settled. A number of further issues, however, call for detailed examination. In this paper first I set out to clarify the contributions of the striving of the different celestial spheres, then I turn to describing the interaction between the various motions of the celestial system, and I discuss whether the theory Alexander propounded could have been a fundamental revision, or rather an alternative exposition of the original, Aristotelian celestial theory deploying homocentric spheres. [Introduction, pp. 190 f.]

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Eudemus of Rhodes, 2002
By: Fortenbaugh, William. W. (Ed.), Bodnár, István M. (Ed.)

Title	Eudemus of Rhodes
Type	Edited Book
Language	English
Date	2002
Publication Place	New Jersey
Publisher	Transaction Publisher
Series	Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
Volume	11
Categories	no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William. W. , Bodnár, István M.
Translator(s)

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Eudemus' Physics: Change, Place and Time, 2002
By: Sharples, Robert W., Bodnár, István M. (Ed.), Fortenbaugh, William W. (Ed.)

Title	Eudemus' Physics: Change, Place and Time
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	Eudemus of Rhodes
Pages	107-126
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s)	Bodnár, István M. , Fortenbaugh, William W.
Translator(s)

Eduard Zeller suggested2 that Eudemus’ Physics was an abridgement 
of the Aristotelian treatise, compiled by Eudemus for his own lectures 
when he left the Lyceum and set up his own school in Rhodes. We can
not I think prove this; but it seems plausible enough. It is clear that 
Eudemus followed  the  sequence of Aristotle’s discussion  closely; 
Simplicius used Eudemus’ order of treatment to argue that the sixth 
book of Aristotle’s Physics was rightly regarded as following on the 
fifth (Eud. fr. 98W). [Introduction, p. 107]

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Eudemus’ Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b Wehrli, 2002
By: Bodnár, István M., Fortenbaugh, William. W. (Ed.), Bodnár, István M. (Ed.)

Title	Eudemus’ Unmoved Movers: Fragments 121-123b Wehrli
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	Eudemus of Rhodes
Pages	171-189
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Bodnár, István M.
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William. W. , Bodnár, István M.
Translator(s)

[...] Aristotle not only establishes the existence of such supra-natural 
movers; in Physics 8 and Metaphysics 12 he will also argue for some 
salient characteristics of these entities. Among these, the two which 
crop up in the Eudemian fragments can be conveniently labelled rela
tional. Both the question to what extent motion can be attributed to 
these entities in virtue of the motion of the entities they move, and the 
question where exactly these entities are located can be meaningfully 
asked only in relation to the physical entities, from which they are oth
erwise carefully distinguished. [p. 171]

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Simplicius, On Aristotle ‘Physics 8.1-5’, 2012
By: Simplicius

Title	Simplicius, On Aristotle ‘Physics 8.1-5’
Type	Edited Book
Language	English
Date	2012
Publication Place	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Series	Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	, Simplicius
Editor(s)
Translator(s)	Bodnár, István M.(Bodnár, István M.) , Chase, Michael(Chase, Michael ) , Share, Michael (Share, Michael ) ,

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.  [offical abstract]

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Simplicius’ response to Philoponus’ attacks on Aristotle’s Physics 8.1., 2012
By: Chase, Michael, Bodnár, István M. (Ed.), Chase, Michael (Ed.), Share, Michael (Ed.)

Title	Simplicius’ response to Philoponus’ attacks on Aristotle’s Physics 8.1.
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2012
Published in	Simplicius, On Aristotle ‘Physics 8.1-5’
Pages	1-16
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Chase, Michael
Editor(s)	Bodnár, István M. , Chase, Michael , Share, Michael
Translator(s)

The section devoted to Physics 8.1 is one of the most extensive and interesting in Simplicius’ commentary on Physics 8. On the one hand, it contains Simplicius’ usual meticulous comments on the text of Aristotle, who here begins his demonstration of the eternity of motion. As is his wont, the Stagirite starts out with a critical survey of the views of his predecessors, which gives Simplicius the opportunity to quote and explain a number of important fragments of Presocratic philosophers (Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, the Atomists, Diogenes of Apollonia, and especially Empedocles). But the bulk of Simplicius’ commentary on Physics 8.1 consists of one of his famous digressions, in which he quotes and attempts to refute several fragments from Book 6 of "Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World," written by his Christian rival, John Philoponus, sometime in the 530s. Many of the arguments of both Philoponus and Simplicius concerning time, eternity, and the nature of the infinite are of considerable philosophical importance, as a number of recent studies have shown. Quite apart from the intrinsic interest of the various arguments mobilized by both interlocutors, however, Book 8.1 of Simplicius’ "Commentary on Physics," together with his "Commentary on the de Caelo," provide us with vitally important documents concerning the conflict between pagans and Christians in the second quarter of the sixth century AD. [p. 1]

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Theophrastus’ De Igne: Orthodoxy, Reform and Readjustment in the Doctrine of Elements, 2002
By: Bodnár, István M., Fortenbaugh, William W. (Ed.), Wöhrle, Georg (Ed.)

Title	Theophrastus’ De Igne: Orthodoxy, Reform and Readjustment in the Doctrine of Elements
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	On the Opuscula of Theophrastus. Akten der 3. Tagungder Karl-und-Gertrud-Abel-Stiftung vom 19.-23. Juli 1999 in Trier
Pages	75-90
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Bodnár, István M.
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William W. , Wöhrle, Georg
Translator(s)

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Title	Wehrli’s Edition of Eudemus of Rhodes: The Physical Fragments from Simplicius’ Commentary On Aristotle’s Physics
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2002
Published in	Eudemus of Rhodes
Pages	127-156
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Baltussen, Han
Editor(s)	Fortenbaugh, William W. , Bodnár, István M.
Translator(s)

This text discusses a critical assessment of Wehrli's edition of Eudemus of Rhodes' fragments, focusing on their relevance to physics and Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's Physics. The author argues that Wehrli's edition, while once standard, no longer meets current standards and necessitates a new one. Simplicius' role in preserving and interpreting ancient philosophers' doctrines and the significance of Eudemus' fragments are highlighted. The paper presents additional passages from Simplicius' commentary that were not included in Wehrli's edition, suggesting the need for a broader approach to studying fragments. The value of Eudemus' clarifications for later commentators is emphasized, leading to the conclusion that a reevaluation of Wehrli's method and form is necessary for future editors of the Eudemian fragments. [introduction/conclusion]

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