Theophrastus on the Heavens, 1985
By: Sharples, Robert W., Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.)
Title Theophrastus on the Heavens
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Pages 577-593
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen
Translator(s)
In this paper, I shall be discussing two topics: firstly, whether Theophrastus followed Aristotle in holding that the heavens were made of a substance—the ether—distinct from the four sublunary elements, or whether, as some have argued, he held that the heavens were made of fire; and secondly, the exact interpretation of certain technical terms of astronomy attributed to Theophrastus. I am throughout indebted to the work of my colleagues in Project Theophrastus, and especially to Professor William Fortenbaugh and Mrs. Pamela Huby. It was an interest in the Peripatetic tradition generally that led me to work on Theophrastus, and that interest has been both formed and stimulated by the works of Professor Paul Moraux; the theme of the present paper is one that he has himself discussed. [author's abstract]

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Strato’s theory of the void, 1985
By: Furley, David J. , Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.)
Title Strato’s theory of the void
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Pages 594-609
Categories no categories
Author(s) Furley, David J.
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen
Translator(s)
At the beginning of his Corollary on Place (In Phys. 601, 14-24), Simplicius classifies theories about place, as follows. First, there is a distinction between those who make place a corporeal thing and those who suppose it is incorporeal. Only Proclus falls into the first class. O f the latter, some think it is without extension, the rest think it is extended. The first group consists of Plato, who said place is the material substrate of bodies, and Damascius, who said it is that which completes the nature of bodies. The second group is further subdivided, into those who held place to be extended in two dimen­ sions, “as Aristotle and the whole Peripatos did”, and those who gave it three dimensions. The latter can be subdivided again: on the one hand, there is the school of Democritus and Epicurus, who held that place is everywhere undifferentiated, and sometimes persists without any body in it, and on the other hand, “the famous Plato- nists and Strato of Lampsacus”, who said that place is an extended interval (diastema) that always contains body and is adapted to its particular occupant... [p. 594]

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Puzzles about Identity. Aristotle and his Greek Commentators, 1985
By: Mignucci, Mario, Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.)
Title Puzzles about Identity. Aristotle and his Greek Commentators
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Pages 57-97
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mignucci, Mario
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen
Translator(s)
Aristotle’s conception of identity is too large a subject to be analyzed in a single article. I will try to discuss here just one of the many problems raised by his views on sameness. It is not, perhaps, the most stimulating question one could wish to see treated, but it is a question about logic, where I feel a little more at ease than among the complicated and obscure riddles of metaphysics. My subject will be Aristotle’s references to what is nowadays called ‘Leibniz’s Law’ (LL): if two objects x and y are the same, they both share all the same properties. A formal version of it could be: (1) x=y  ⟹  ∀F(F(x)  ⟺  F(y))x=y⟹∀F(F(x)⟺F(y)) It is perhaps worth remembering that (LL) must be distinguished from what is normally called the ‘principle of substitutivity’ (SP), according to which substitution of expressions that are said to be the same is truth-preserving. As has been shown, (LL) does not entail (SP), since there are counterexamples to (SP) that do not falsify (LL). Not only (SP), but also (LL) has been doubted by some modern logicians. The question is far from being settled, and it is perhaps of interest to examine how ancient logicians tried to manage this problem. First, I will consider Aristotle’s statements about (LL) and the analyses he gives of some supposed counterexamples to this principle. Secondly, the interpretations of his view among his Greek commentators will be taken into account, and their distance from the position of the master evaluated. As Professor Moraux has taught us, the study of the Aristotelian tradition often gives us the opportunity of understanding Aristotle’s own meaning better. [introduction p. 57-58]

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Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule, 1985
By: Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.), Marian Plezia (Ed.), W. J. Verdenius (Ed.), Jean Pépin (Ed.)
Title Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Type Edited Book
Language undefined
Date 1985
Publication Place Berlin – New York
Publisher de Gruyter
Volume 1
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen , Marian Plezia , W. J. Verdenius , Jean Pépin
Translator(s)
Der hier vorgelegte erste Band eines zweiteiligen Werkes, das Aristoteles und dem Aristotelismus gewidmet ist, enthält 31 Origi- nalbeiträge zum Corpus Aristotelicum und zum alten Peripatos. Kommentierung, Uberlieferung und Nachleben des Aristoteles bil- den das Thema des zweiten Bandes, der so bald als möglich folgen wird. [Vorwort]

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Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule, 1985
By: Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.), Marian Plezia (Ed.), W. J. Verdenius (Ed.), Jean Pépin (Ed.)
Title Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Type Edited Book
Language undefined
Date 1985
Publication Place Berlin – New York
Publisher de Gruyter
Volume 1
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen , Marian Plezia , W. J. Verdenius , Jean Pépin
Translator(s)
Der hier  vorgelegte erste Band eines zweiteiligen Werkes, das 
Aristoteles  und dem  Aristotelismus  gewidmet  ist,  enthält  31 Origi-
nalbeiträge zum Corpus Aristotelicum und zum alten Peripatos. 
Kommentierung,  Uberlieferung  und Nachleben des  Aristoteles bil-
den  das  Thema  des  zweiten  Bandes,  der  so  bald  als  möglich  folgen  
wird.  [Vorwort]

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Puzzles about Identity. Aristotle and his Greek Commentators, 1985
By: Mignucci, Mario, Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.)
Title Puzzles about Identity. Aristotle and his Greek Commentators
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Pages 57-97
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mignucci, Mario
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen
Translator(s)
Aristotle’s conception of identity is too large a subject to be analyzed in a single article. I will try to discuss here just one of the many problems raised by his views on sameness. It is not, perhaps, the most stimulating question one could wish to see treated, but it is a question about logic, where I feel a little more at ease than among the complicated and obscure riddles of metaphysics. My subject will be Aristotle’s references to what is nowadays called ‘Leibniz’s Law’ (LL): if two objects x and y are the same, they both share all the same properties. A formal version of it could be:

    (1) x=y  ⟹  ∀F(F(x)  ⟺  F(y))x=y⟹∀F(F(x)⟺F(y))

It is perhaps worth remembering that (LL) must be distinguished from what is normally called the ‘principle of substitutivity’ (SP), according to which substitution of expressions that are said to be the same is truth-preserving. As has been shown, (LL) does not entail (SP), since there are counterexamples to (SP) that do not falsify (LL). Not only (SP), but also (LL) has been doubted by some modern logicians. The question is far from being settled, and it is perhaps of interest to examine how ancient logicians tried to manage this problem.

First, I will consider Aristotle’s statements about (LL) and the analyses he gives of some supposed counterexamples to this principle. Secondly, the interpretations of his view among his Greek commentators will be taken into account, and their distance from the position of the master evaluated. As Professor Moraux has taught us, the study of the Aristotelian tradition often gives us the opportunity of understanding Aristotle’s own meaning better. [introduction p. 57-58]

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Strato’s theory of the void, 1985
By: Furley, David J. , Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.)
Title Strato’s theory of the void
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Pages 594-609
Categories no categories
Author(s) Furley, David J.
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen
Translator(s)
At the  beginning  of his  Corollary on  Place  (In  Phys.  601,  14-24), 
Simplicius  classifies  theories  about  place,  as  follows.  First,  there  is  a 
distinction  between  those  who  make  place  a  corporeal  thing  and 
those  who  suppose  it  is  incorporeal.  Only  Proclus  falls  into  the  first 
class.  O f the  latter,  some  think  it  is  without extension,  the  rest  think 
it  is  extended. The first group  consists  of Plato, who said place  is  the 
material  substrate  of  bodies,  and  Damascius,  who  said  it  is  that 
which  completes  the  nature  of  bodies.  The  second  group  is  further 
subdivided,  into  those  who  held  place  to  be  extended  in  two  dimen­
sions,  “as  Aristotle  and  the  whole  Peripatos  did”,  and  those  who 
gave  it  three  dimensions.  The  latter  can  be  subdivided  again:  on  the 
one  hand,  there  is  the  school  of  Democritus  and  Epicurus, who  held 
that  place  is  everywhere  undifferentiated,  and  sometimes  persists 
without  any  body  in  it,  and  on  the  other  hand,  “the  famous  Plato- 
nists  and  Strato  of  Lampsacus”,  who  said  that  place  is  an  extended 
interval  (diastema)  that  always  contains  body  and  is  adapted  to  its 
particular  occupant... [p. 594]

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Theophrastus on the Heavens, 1985
By: Sharples, Robert W., Wiesner, Jürgen (Ed.)
Title Theophrastus on the Heavens
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1985
Published in Aristoteles - Werk und Wirkung. Paul Moraux gewidmet. Bd. 1: Aristoteles und seine Schule
Pages 577-593
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sharples, Robert W.
Editor(s) Wiesner, Jürgen
Translator(s)
In this paper, I shall be discussing two topics: firstly, whether Theophrastus followed Aristotle in holding that the heavens were made of a substance—the ether—distinct from the four sublunary elements, or whether, as some have argued, he held that the heavens were made of fire; and secondly, the exact interpretation of certain technical terms of astronomy attributed to Theophrastus. I am throughout indebted to the work of my colleagues in Project Theophrastus, and especially to Professor William Fortenbaugh and Mrs. Pamela Huby. It was an interest in the Peripatetic tradition generally that led me to work on Theophrastus, and that interest has been both formed and stimulated by the works of Professor Paul Moraux; the theme of the present paper is one that he has himself discussed. [author's abstract]

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