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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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The Medieval Posterity of Simplicius’ Commentary on the Categories: Thomas Aquinas and al-Fārābī, 2008
By: Chase, Michael, Newton, Lloyd A. (Ed.)

Title	The Medieval Posterity of Simplicius’ Commentary on the Categories: Thomas Aquinas and al-Fārābī
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2008
Published in	Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories
Pages	9-29
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Chase, Michael
Editor(s)	Newton, Lloyd A.
Translator(s)

Simplicius ’ commentary on the Categories, probably written about 538 A.D.,1 seems to have had little impact on the Latin-speaking world until March of 1266, when it was translated into Latin by William of Moerbeke (c. 1215–c. 1286) [...]. Moerbeke’s translation of Simplicius commentary on the Categories was used in the 13th century by Siger of Brabant , Henry of Ghent , Giles of Rome, and Godefroid de Fontaine (part of whose manuscript is now the ms. latin 16080 of the Paris Bibliothèque Nationale). Duns Scotus refers to it frequently as an authoritative work, and it is cited by Jean Quidort , Peter of Auvergne , Jacques de Thérines , Durand de St. Pourçain , Thomas of Strasbourg , Thomas Sutton , and James of Viterbo . The work continued to be cited throughout the 14th century, by such authors as Siger of Courtrai and the anonymous author of the ms. Erfurt, Amplon. F. 135. [pp. 9-11]

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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]

Online Resources

https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/iGQQBkg5pZI6gua

The Medieval Posterity of Simplicius’ Commentary on the Categories: Thomas Aquinas and al-Fārābī, 2008
By: Chase, Michael, Newton, Lloyd A. (Ed.)

Title	The Medieval Posterity of Simplicius’ Commentary on the Categories: Thomas Aquinas and al-Fārābī
Type	Book Section
Language	English
Date	2008
Published in	Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories
Pages	9-29
Categories	no categories
Author(s)	Chase, Michael
Editor(s)	Newton, Lloyd A.
Translator(s)

Simplicius ’  commentary  on  the  Categories,  probably  written  about  538  
A.D.,1  seems  to  have  had  little  impact  on  the  Latin-speaking  world  
until March of  1266, when it was translated into Latin by William of  
Moerbeke   (c.  1215–c.  1286) [...]. Moerbeke’s translation of  Simplicius  
commentary on the Categories was used in the 13th century by Siger of  
Brabant , Henry of  Ghent , Giles of  Rome, and Godefroid  de Fontaine 
(part  of   whose  manuscript  is  now  the  ms.  latin  16080  of   the  Paris  
Bibliothèque  Nationale).  Duns  Scotus   refers  to  it  frequently  as  an  
authoritative work, and it is cited by Jean Quidort , Peter of  Auvergne , 
Jacques de Thérines , Durand de St. Pourçain , Thomas of  Strasbourg , 
Thomas Sutton , and James of  Viterbo . The work continued to be cited 
throughout the 14th century, by such authors as Siger of  Courtrai  and 
the anonymous author of  the ms. Erfurt, Amplon. F. 135. [pp. 9-11]

Online Resources

https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/8P2dokG40zLaKVE

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