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The Problem of the Souls of the Spheres. From the Byzantine Commentaries on Aristotle through the Arabs and St. Thomas to Kepler, 1962
By: Wolfson, Harry Austryn
Title The Problem of the Souls of the Spheres. From the Byzantine Commentaries on Aristotle through the Arabs and St. Thomas to Kepler
Type Article
Language English
Date 1962
Journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers
Volume 16
Pages 65-93
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wolfson, Harry Austryn
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Kepler, who, as we all know, lived under the new heaven created by Copernicus, discusses the question whether the planets are moved by Intelligences or by souls or by nature. His consideration of Intelligences as possible movers of the planets refers to a view held by those who in the Middle Ages lived under the old Ptolemaic heaven, the term Intelligences being, by a complexity of miscegenation, a descendant of what Aristotle describes as incorporeal substances. His consideration of souls or nature as possible movers of the planets touches upon a topic which was made into a problem b y the Byzantine Greek commentators of Aristotle.In this paper I shall try to show how the Byzantine commentators, in their study of the text of Aristotle, were confronted with a certain problem, how they solved that problem, and how their solution of that problem led to other problems and solutions, all of which lingered in philosophic literature down to Kepler. [Author's abstract]

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The Problem of the Souls of the Spheres. From the Byzantine Commentaries on Aristotle through the Arabs and St. Thomas to Kepler, 1962
By: Wolfson, Harry Austryn
Title The Problem of the Souls of the Spheres. From the Byzantine Commentaries on Aristotle through the Arabs and St. Thomas to Kepler
Type Article
Language English
Date 1962
Journal Dumbarton Oaks Papers
Volume 16
Pages 65-93
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wolfson, Harry Austryn
Editor(s)
Translator(s) 
Kepler,  who,  as  we  all  know,  lived  under  the  new  heaven  created  by Copernicus,  discusses  the  question  whether  the  planets  are  moved  by Intelligences or by souls or by nature. His consideration of Intelligences 
as  possible  movers  of  the  planets  refers  to  a  view  held  by  those  who  in  the Middle Ages lived under the  old Ptolemaic heaven, the term Intelligences being, by  a  complexity  of  miscegenation,  a  descendant  of  what  Aristotle  describes  as 
incorporeal  substances.  His  consideration  of  souls  or  nature  as possible  movers of  the  planets  touches  upon  a  topic  which  was  made  into  a  problem  b y  the 
Byzantine  Greek  commentators  of  Aristotle.In  this  paper  I  shall  try  to  show  how  the  Byzantine  commentators,  in  their study  of  the  text  of  Aristotle,  were  confronted  with  a  certain  problem,  how they  solved  that  problem,  and  how  their  solution  of  that  problem  led  to  other 
problems  and  solutions,  all  of  which  lingered  in  philosophic literature  down  to Kepler. [Author's abstract]

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