| Title | Speculating about Diogenes |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Published in | The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy |
| Pages | 353-364 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Laks, André |
| Editor(s) | Curd, Patricia , Graham, Daniel W. |
| Translator(s) |
| Despite Diogenes Apollonia's popularity in the fifth century, he has been largely overlooked by histories of philosophy and is often dismissed as an eclectic thinker. The author discusses Diogenes' contributions to the history of philosophy, particularly his relationship between his noetics and teleology, and his role in promoting the doctrine of "material monism". The author also examines the reception of Diogenes' thought and the origin of his reputation as an eclectic. Finally, the author compares Theophrastus' criticism of Diogenes to Plato's criticism of Anaxagoras in the Phaedo, suggesting that Anaxagoras and Diogenes may have been more similar in their thinking than previously thought. [introduction/conclusion] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/JeUXtZEQBjrQ0NP |
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| Title | The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy |
| Type | Edited Book |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Publication Place | New York |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | |
| Editor(s) | Curd, Patricia , Graham, Daniel W. |
| Translator(s) |
| The Oxford Handbook of Presocratic Philosophy brings together leading international scholars to study the diverse figures, movements, and approaches that constitute Presocratic philosophy. In the sixth and fifth centuries bc a new kind of thinker appeared in Greek city-states, dedicated to finding the origins of the world and everything in it, using observation and reason rather than tradition and myth. We call these thinkers Presocratic philosophers, and recognize them as the first philosophers of the Western tradition, as well as the originators of scientific thinking. New textual discoveries and new approaches make a reconsideration of the Presocratics at the beginning of the twenty-first century especially timely. More than a survey of scholarship, this study presents new interpretations and evaluations of the Presocratics' accomplishments, from Thales to the sophists, from theology to science, and from pre-philosophical background to their influence on later thinkers. Many positions presented here challenge accepted wisdom and offer alternative accounts of Presocratic theories. This book includes chapters on the Milesians (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes), Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, the Pythagoreans, the atomists, and the sophists. Special studies are devoted to the sources of Presocratic philosophy, oriental influences, Hippocratic medicine, cosmology, explanation, epistemology, theology, and the reception of Presocratic thought in Aristotle and other ancient authors. [author's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/mXFwMNnXTnju9zT |
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| Title | Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius: The Methodology of a Commentator |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Publication Place | London |
| Publisher | Duckworth |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| This is the first book-length study in English of the interpretative and philosophical approach of the commentaries of Simplicius of Cilicia (c. AD 530). Simplicius' work, marked by doctrinal complexity and scholarship, is unusually self-conscious, learned and rich in its sources, and he is therefore one of those rare authors who is of interest to ancient philosophers, historians and classicists alike. Here, Han Baltussen argues that our understanding of Simplicius' methodology will be greatly enhanced if we study how his scholarly approach impacts on his philosophical exegesis. His commentaries are placed in their intellectual context and several case studies shed light on his critical treatment of earlier philosophers and his often polemical use of previous commentaries. "Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius" not only clarifies the objectives, pre-suppositions and impact of Simplicius' work, but also illustrates how, as a competent philosopher explicating Aristotelian and Platonic ideas, he continues and develops a method that pursues philosophy by way of exegetical engagement with earlier thinkers and commentators. The investigation opens up connections with broader issues, such as the reception of Presocratic philosophy within the commentary tradition, the nature and purpose of his commentaries, and the demise of pagan philosophy. |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/wBkXynZOo8rqAiB |
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| Title | Metaphysicizing the Aristotelian Categories. Two References to the Parmenides in Simplicius’ Commentary on the Categories (Simplicius, In Categorias 4 [CAG 8, 75,6 Kalbfleisch] and In Categorias 8 [291,2 K.]) |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 150-165 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Bechtle, Gerald |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| From a systematic point of view this paper is situated in the wider context of the metaphysization of the Aristotelian categories. What does it mean to metaphysicize the Aristotelian categories? [...] n what follows I wish to take a closer look at two passages from Simplicius’ Commentary on the Categories. As we will see, Simplicius sum- marizes, paraphrases, and also criticizes some already traditional aspects and problems in relation to the theme of noetic categories. [pp. 150-152] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/VrwVynEStcTOcIK |
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| Title | Simplicius’ Commentary on Aristotle, De Caelo 2.10-12: An Annotated Translation, Part 2 |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Journal | SCIAMVS: Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences |
| Volume | 9 |
| Pages | 25-131 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Bowen, Alan C. , Simplicius |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| This completes my translation of the narrowly astronomical sections of Simplicius’ com- mentary on Aristotle’s De caelo that first appeared in SCIAMVS 4 (2003) 23–58. Its aim, as before, is to supply the reader with a suitably annotated rendering of Simplicius’ text that will facilitate addressing the critical questions of the nature, construction, and historical value of Simplicius’ commentary, especially as it bears on the history of earlier Greek astronomical theorizing. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/2UHM1mtpgYGOwNe |
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| 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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| Title | Simplicius of Kilikia |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Published in | The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientist. The Greek tradition and its many heirs |
| Pages | 743-745 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | Keyser, Paul T. , Irby-Massie, Georgia L. |
| Translator(s) |
| This text provides an overview of Simplicius of Kilikia, a philosopher who wrote several commentaries on Aristotle's works in the 6th century CE. Simplicius fled to Persia with other philosophers after Justinian closed the school in 529 CE. His commentaries offer a Neo-Platonic perspective on Aristotle's philosophy, paraphrasing his dense prose and developing problems and themes from his own perspective. Simplicius made original contributions to scientific issues, such as altering Aristotle's cosmological account and adding to the understanding of time and place. He also wrote a commentary on a Hippocratic work, possibly the On Fractures. [whole text] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/FxCbU2j5VyEsaLb |
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| Title | Les Commentaires de Simplicius et de Jean Philopon à La Physique d’Aristote: Tradition et Innovation |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2008 |
| Publication Place | Berlin – New York |
| Publisher | de Gruyter |
| Series | Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina |
| Volume | 3 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Golitsis, Pantelis |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| In der griechischen Spätantike definiert sich die Philosophie vor allem über die Auslegung autoritativer Texte wie der Dialoge Platons oder der Abhandlungen des Aristoteles. In der vorliegenden Studie werden die letzten spätantiken Kommentare des Heiden Simplikios und des Christen Philoponos (beide 6. Jh. n.Chr.) zu Aristoteles’ Physik untersucht. Golitsis zeigt auf, wie unterschiedlich die beiden Zeitgenossen die philosophische Tradition bewerten undwelchunterschiedlichen Wegzur Wahrheitsfindung sie daraus ableiten. Der Autor wurde für dieses Buch mit dem "Prix Zographos" der "Association pour l'Encouragement des Études Grecques" ausgezeichnet. [author’s abstract] |
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| Title | Selbstbewusstsein in der Spätantike: Die neuplatonischen Kommentare zu Aristoteles' De anima |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | German |
| Date | 2008 |
| Publication Place | Berlin – New York |
| Publisher | de Gruyter |
| Series | Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie |
| Volume | 85 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Perkams, Matthias |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Während Aristoteles’ De anima Seele als Lebensprinzip des körperlichen Wesens definiert, ist sie für die neuplatonischen Kommentatoren dieser Schrift eine geistige, vom Körper trennbare Größe, die sich auf sich selbst zurückwenden kann. Die Studie untersucht, wie die Ausleger Johannes Philoponos, Priskian von Lydien (Pseudo-Simplikios) und Stephanos von Alexandrien (Pseudo-Philoponos) mit dieser Problematik umgingen. In einem ersten Teil werden die philosophischen Konzeptionen der einzelnen Kommentare je für sich dargestellt und historisch eingeordnet. Deren Wert für die De anima-Interpretation wird ebenso diskutiert wie die Identität ihrer Autoren und das Verhältnis des Philoponos zu seinem Lehrer Ammonios. Der zweite Teil ist die erste philosophische Rekonstruktion von Priskians Konzeption des Selbstbezugs der Seele, die als detaillierteste antike Darstellung des menschlichen Selbstbewusstseins gelten kann. Plotins Überlegungen zur Selbsterkenntnis des Geistes werden so auf die menschliche Person übertragen, dass diese sich konstituiert, indem sie um die Wiedergewinnung ihrer ursprünglichen Identität als geistiges Wesen ringt. Um dies zu erläutern unterscheidet Priskian mehrere Formen des Selbstbezugs und setzt sie in Beziehung zueinander. [Author’s abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/ypvYLX6eA8eBcQN |
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| Title | Les bibliothèques philosophiques d’après le témoignage de la littérature néoplatonicienne des Ve et VIe siècles |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2007 |
| Published in | The Libraries of the Neoplatonists. Proceedings of the Meeting of the European Science Foundation Network "Late Antiquity and Arabic Thought: Patterns in the Constitution of European Culture", Strasbourg, March 12-14, 2004 under the Scientific Committee of the meeting, composed by Matthias Baltes, Michel Cacouros, Cristina D’Ancona, Tiziano Dorandi, Gerhard Endreß, Philippe Hoffmann, Henri Hugonnard Roche |
| Pages | 135-153 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Hoffmann, Philippe |
| Editor(s) | D'Ancona Costa, Cristina |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/yIBtON0PXTTMHfF |
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| Title | Simplicius and the Early History of Greek Planetary Theory |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2002 |
| Journal | Perspectives on Science |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155–167 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Bowen, Alan C. |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
n earlier work, Bernard R. Goldstein and the present author have intro- duced a procedural rule for historical inquiry, which requires that one take pains to establish the credibility of any citation of ancient thought by later writers in antiquity through a process of veriªcation. In this paper, I shall apply what I call the Rule of Ancient Citations to Simplicius’ interpretation of Aristotle’s remarks in Meta . 8, which is the primary point of departure for the modern understanding of Greek planetary theory. I ªrst sketch several lines of argument that lead me to conclude that Simplicius’ interpretation should not be accepted because it assumes a concern with planetary phenomena unknown to the Greeks before the late 2nd and early 1st centuries bc. Then, after showing that there is a fairly well deªned range of readings of Aris- totle’s remarks more in keeping with what we actually know of astronomy in the 5th and 4th centuries bc, I conclude that neither Aristotle’s report about the Eudoxan and Callippan accounts of the celestial motions nor Simplicius’ interpretation of this report is a good starting point for our understanding of early Greek planetary theory. [author's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/lJ4EoQlGmsAbp75 |
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| Title | Simplicius and the Subversion of Authority |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2010 |
| Journal | Antiquorum Philosophial |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 121-136 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
Simplicius’ elaborate commentaries, written after 532 c.e., have always stood apart in the post-Plotinian tradition of late Platonism.1 Unlike many philosophical com- mentaries from 300-500 ad (Porphyry, Syrianus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Damascius), they are not notes taken in class ‘from the voice of the teacher’ (apo phônês), they are not short on clear source references, nor are they, on the whole, cavalier in representing oth- er people’s views. Instead, they are very scholarly due to lavish source materials, full of actual quotations, and make use of source referencing. These features illustrate how he aims to be well-documented, responsible and comprehensive in his clarification of Aris- totle’s text. One other peculiarity which has been noted by students of late Platonism (also clarified in my recent study of his methodology),2 is his attempt to counteract the intellectual influence of Christianity and their accusations of disunity among pagans, against which they placed the unified theology of the Trinity: he aims to present the Greek philosophical tradition as unified. [p. 121] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/9To60zNZe4T1kFt |
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| Title | Simplicius de Cilicie |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2016 |
| Published in | Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques, vol. VI: de Sabinillus à Tyrsénos |
| Pages | 341-394 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Goulet, Richard , Coda, Elisa |
| Editor(s) | Goulet, Richard |
| Translator(s) |
Entry about Simplicius in the 'Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques'. |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/9wTYW7FNZ1RQc0z |
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| Title | Simplicius et l'Infini |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2014 |
| Publication Place | Paris |
| Publisher | Les Belles Lettres |
| Series | Anagoge |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Soulier, Philippe |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/q90m9TrCwZuvOHN |
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| Title | Simplicius et le “lieu”. À propos d’une nouvelle édition du Corollarium de loco |
| Type | Article |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2014 |
| Journal | Revue des Études Grecques |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-175 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Golitsis, Pantelis , Hoffmann, Philippe |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
The digression labelled “Corollarium de loco” by Hermann Diels in his edition of Simplicius’ commentary on Aristotle’s Physics (Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, IX, Berlin 1882) is a key text in the debate - often referred to by specialists as magna quaestio - generated by an apparent lack of consistency between Aristotle’s definition of ‘place’ (topos) as “the first unmoved boundary of the surrounding body” (Phys. IV, 4, 212 a 20-21) and his assertion that the Heaven moves in a circle while not being ‘somewhere’, since it is not surrounded by any body that would be exterior to it. Following the steps of his master Damascius, and at the end of a long discussion initiated by Neoplatonists after Plotinus (principally by Iamblichus, Proclus and Syrianus), Simplicius replaces Aristotle’s definition with a new definition of place as a “gathering (or uniting) measure” (metron sunagôgon), which is one of the four “measures” (number, size, place, time) or gathering powers that protect the intelligible and sensible entities against the dangers of the dispersion related to the procession of reality. This doctrine places physics in a decidedly theological perspective since, in last analysis, these uniting powers derive from the One or Good per se. Our understanding of this crucial text for our knowledge of the Neoplatonic philosophy of Nature will be improved thanks to a new critical edition (with French translation and notes), to be published soon in the collection “Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca and Byzantina” (by Walter de Gruyter) under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences of Bcrlin-Brandenburg. The new edition is based not only on a fresh collation of the two manuscripts used by Diels (Marciani graeci 227 and 229) but also on a Moscow manuscript (Mosquensis Muz. 3649) unknown to the German scholar, since it belonged during the nineteenth century to a private Russian collection. [Author's abstract] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/VYauzSK0KjIWDqk |
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| Title | Simplicius in Thirteenth-Century Paris: A Question |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2015 |
| Published in | The Frontiers of Ancient Science: Essays in Honor of Heinrich von Staden |
| Pages | 67-73 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Bowen, Alan C. |
| Editor(s) | Holmes, Brooke , Fischer, Klaus-Dietrich |
| Translator(s) |
The debate in the sixth century between the Christian philosopher JohnPhiloponus and the Platonist philosopher Simplicius about whether the cosmos was created or eternal was of momentous importance not only to their understanding of the world and of the means to salvation from its trials but also to their views of what astronomical science was and how it should proceed in making its arguments. This brief chapter outlines this debate and then explores the main lines of attack to be taken in determining how Thomas Aquinas, who was supplied by William of Moerbeke with a translation of the text in which Simplicius responds to Philoponus, dealt with Simplicius’ reading of Aristotle in advancing a vigorous polemic against his Christian faith. |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/yTLgl6JYIoqOgE6 |
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| Title | Simplicius lecteur du Sophiste. Contribution à l’étude de l’exégèse néoplatonicienne |
| Type | Monograph |
| Language | French |
| Date | 2007 |
| Publication Place | Paris |
| Publisher | Klincksieck |
| Series | Etudes & commentaires |
| Volume | 108 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gavray, Marc-Antoine |
| Editor(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
Ce livre explore la methode et l'interpretation du Sophiste par Simplicius, en tant qu'elles illustrent l'exegese neoplatonicienne tardive et entrainent une restauration de la lettre du texte. A partir d'un corpus issu des commentaires (largement inedit en francais), Marc-Antoine Gavray reconstruit la lecture de Simplicius et la met en regard avec celles de Plotin, de Proclus et de Damascius. Il en ressort une exegese attentive, digne d'accompagner le lecteur moderne dans sa comprehension de Platon. [a.a] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/L6skhmRNm3vvMA0 |
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| Title | Simplicius of Cilicia |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2010 |
| Published in | The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, Volume II |
| Pages | 711-732 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | Gerson, Lloyd P. |
| Translator(s) |
The text discusses the life and works of Simplicius of Cilicia, a philosopher from the 6th century CE. Little is known about his life, but he received education from prominent figures such as Ammonius in Alexandria and Damascius in Athens. Simplicius' philosophical outlook was influenced by Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. The expulsion of Platonists from Athens in 532 CE halted school activities, and Simplicius' life span is estimated to be around 480-560 CE. The abstract mentions the debates about where Simplicius went after his trip to Persia, with some suggesting Harran in Syria as a possible safe haven. The works attributed to Simplicius include commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, Physics, and On the Heavens, and possibly Metaphysics (lost) and De Anima. He also wrote a commentary on Epictetus' Handbook and a summary version of Theophrastus' Physics. Simplicius' importance as a source for ancient Greek philosophy and science has sometimes overshadowed his contributions as an independent thinker. The methodology of Simplicius' vast output is discussed, highlighting his role in transmitting Greek philosophy and science. While he is known for using quotations to substantiate and clarify his work, he is not merely seen as a conduit of earlier thinkers. The text emphasizes the need to view Simplicius as an independent thinker and not just a commentator. The neglectful view of Simplicius in the past is attributed to a focus on fragment-hunting and the recovery of early Greek philosophy. [introduction] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/dqDtt1zG1ifPfb9 |
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| Title | Simplicius of Cilicia: Plato's last interpreter |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2018 |
| Published in | Brill's Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity |
| Pages | 569-579 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Gabor, Gary |
| Editor(s) | Tarrant, Harold , Renaud, François , Baltzly, Dirk , Layne, Danielle A. |
| Translator(s) |
Simplicius is well regarded today as an insightful comprehensive, detailed, sometimes repetitive, but generally useful and reliable interpreter of Aristotle. How he reads other authors though - with the possible exception of the Presocratics - is less well studied. In this chapter myaim is to examine Simplicius' interpretation of Plato. By this I mean not Simplicius' views regarding Platonism (though these of course influenced his interpretation), but rather the ways in which Simplicius read the particular dialogues written by Plato, as well as the history that had accumulated by his time regarding Plato's life and thought. While something of a picaresque task, given that Simplicius' extant commentaries all center on texts of either Aristotle or the Stoic Epictetus - the Physics, De Caelo, Categories, and, disputedly, the De Anima, as well as the Enchiridion - nevertheless, his frequent references, allusions, and discussions of Plato's works in his writing provide ample evidence for gathering a good working picture of how Simplicius read him. [Introduction, pp. 569 f.] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/0vKTn6WTHOuGWRm |
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| Title | Simplicius of Kilikia |
| Type | Book Section |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2008 |
| Published in | The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientist. The Greek tradition and its many heirs |
| Pages | 743-745 |
| Categories | no categories |
| Author(s) | Baltussen, Han |
| Editor(s) | Keyser, Paul T. , Irby-Massie, Georgia L. |
| Translator(s) |
This text provides an overview of Simplicius of Kilikia, a philosopher who wrote several commentaries on Aristotle's works in the 6th century CE. Simplicius fled to Persia with other philosophers after Justinian closed the school in 529 CE. His commentaries offer a Neo-Platonic perspective on Aristotle's philosophy, paraphrasing his dense prose and developing problems and themes from his own perspective. Simplicius made original contributions to scientific issues, such as altering Aristotle's cosmological account and adding to the understanding of time and place. He also wrote a commentary on a Hippocratic work, possibly the On Fractures. [whole text] |
| Online Resources | https://uni-koeln.sciebo.de/s/FxCbU2j5VyEsaLb |
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