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John Philoponus' criticism of Aristotle's theory of aether, 1988
By: Wildberg, Christian
Title John Philoponus' criticism of Aristotle's theory of aether
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1988
Publication Place Berlin – New York
Publisher de Gruyter
Series Peripatoi
Volume 16
Categories no categories
Author(s) Wildberg, Christian
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

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Studi recenti sulla vita e l'opera di Simplicio, 1988
By: Linguiti, Alessandro
Title Studi recenti sulla vita e l'opera di Simplicio
Type Article
Language Italian
Date 1988
Journal Studi Classici e Orientali
Volume 38
Pages 331–346
Categories no categories
Author(s) Linguiti, Alessandro
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

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Simplicius and others on Aristotle’s discussions of reason, 1988
By: Blumenthal, Henry J., Duffy, John (Ed.), Peradotto, John J. (Ed.)
Title Simplicius and others on Aristotle’s discussions of reason
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1988
Published in Gonimos: Neoplatonic and Byzantine Studies presented to Leendert G. Westerink at 75
Pages 103-119
Categories no categories
Author(s) Blumenthal, Henry J.
Editor(s) Duffy, John , Peradotto, John J.
Translator(s)
What I want to do in this paper is to look at how Aristotle’s successors treated some points in his discussions of reason, and in particular the discussion in the De anima. bout their handling of relevant parts of the Nichomachaean Ethics we know very little, for unlike the De anima that treatise was not a major subject of study in the philosophical lectures and seminars of late antiquity. Though a commentary on some of it had been written by Aspasius, and notes by other, probably pre-Neoplatonic, hands survive,8 exposition of the Nicomachean Ethics seems to have been one of the gaps that the group of Aristotelians around Anna Comnena in twelfth-century Constantinople felt that they needed to fill. [pp. 104 f.]

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Compatible Alternatives: Middle Platonist Theology and the Xenophanes Reception, 1988
By: Mansfeld, Jaap, Broek, Roelof van den (Ed.), Baarda, Tjitze (Ed.), Mansfeld, Jaap (Ed.)
Title Compatible Alternatives: Middle Platonist Theology and the Xenophanes Reception
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1988
Published in Knowledge of God in the Greco-Roman World
Pages 92-117
Categories no categories
Author(s) Mansfeld, Jaap
Editor(s) Broek, Roelof van den , Baarda, Tjitze , Mansfeld, Jaap
Translator(s)
Students of Middle Platonism are familiar with the phenomenon that the accounts of the divine provided by various authors of the 2nd cent. CE strike one as incoherent.1 Qualifications according to the viae negationis, analogiae, and eminentiae, which to us seem incompatible to a degree, tend to coexist in a peaceful jumble. On the one hand, the essence or nature of God is described by means of a refusal to predicate any attributes whatsoever. Attributes with­ held in this way may be arranged in polar pairs. On the other hand, God’s exis­ tence as a supreme cause tends to be described in a positive way by means, e.g., of varieties of the argumentum ex gradibus entium. The theology of ch. 10 of Alkinoos’ Didaskalikos is a notorious instance of such a medley. [p. 92]

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Matter, Space, and Motion. Theories in Antiquity and Their Sequel, 1988
By: Sorabji, Richard
Title Matter, Space, and Motion. Theories in Antiquity and Their Sequel
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1988
Publication Place London
Publisher Duckworth
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sorabji, Richard
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
The nature of matter was as intriguing a question for ancient philosophers as it is for contemporary physicists, and Matter, Space, and Motion presents a fresh and illuminating account of the rich legacy of the physical theories of the Greeks from the fifth century B.C. to the late sixth century A.D. [a.a]

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Gonimos: Neoplatonic and Byzantine Studies presented to Leendert G. Westerink at 75, 1988
By: Duffy, John (Ed.), Peradotto, John J. (Ed.)
Title Gonimos: Neoplatonic and Byzantine Studies presented to Leendert G. Westerink at 75
Type Edited Book
Language English
Date 1988
Publication Place Buffalo – New York
Publisher Arethusa
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Duffy, John , Peradotto, John J.
Translator(s)
This volume, dedicated to the scholar Leendert G. Westerink, comprises 16 articles across two main areas of his research interests: Neo-Platonic and Byzantine studies. The six Neo-Platonic articles explore subjects such as manuscript histories, philosophical debates, and influences of figures like Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus. Notably, Father Saffrey investigates an anonymous commentary on Parmenides, while other authors delve into Neo-Platonic mathematics, hymns, and commentaries on Aristotle’s discussions of reason. The ten Byzantine studies articles cover a diverse range of historical and cultural insights. Topics include Byzantine letter-writing practices, with George Dennis highlighting humor in personal correspondence, and Cyril Mango examining the collapse of St. Sophia. Further articles focus on figures such as Psellus, Patriarch Cosmas, and fourteenth-century scholar Georgios Karbones, alongside explorations of political and religious tensions in the Ionian Islands under various European rulers. This collection offers an in-depth look at both Neo-Platonic philosophy and Byzantine cultural dynamics, illustrating the intellectual legacy of Westerink’s scholarship. [summary of Lucas Siorvanes' Review]

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Simplicius: Prime Matter as Extension, 1987
By: Sorabji, Richard, Hadot, Ilsetraut (Ed.)
Title Simplicius: Prime Matter as Extension
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1987
Published in Simplicius. Sa vie, son œuvre, sa survie: Actes du colloque international de Paris 28 sept. - 1er oct. 1985
Pages 148-165
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sorabji, Richard
Editor(s) Hadot, Ilsetraut
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Infinity and the Creation, 1987
By: Sorabji, Richard, Sorabji, Richard (Ed.)
Title Infinity and the Creation
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 1987
Published in Philoponus and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science
Pages 164-178
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sorabji, Richard
Editor(s) Sorabji, Richard
Translator(s)

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Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Teil II: Principat, Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. 2. Teilband: Philosophie, 1987
By: Haase, Wolfgang (Ed.)
Title Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Teil II: Principat, Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. 2. Teilband: Philosophie
Type Edited Book
Language undefined
Date 1987
Publication Place Berlin – New York
Publisher De Gruyter
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Haase, Wolfgang
Translator(s)

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Études sur Parménide, Tome II: Problèmes d’interprétation, 1987
By: Aubenque, Pierre (Ed.)
Title Études sur Parménide, Tome II: Problèmes d’interprétation
Type Edited Book
Language undefined
Date 1987
Publication Place Paris
Publisher Vrin
Series Bibliothèque d’histoire de la philosophie
Categories no categories
Author(s)
Editor(s) Aubenque, Pierre
Translator(s)

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Simplicius on Categories 1a16–17 and 1b25–27: An Examination of the Interests of Ancient and Modern Commentary on the Categories, 2014
By: Almeida, Joseph
Title Simplicius on Categories 1a16–17 and 1b25–27: An Examination of the Interests of Ancient and Modern Commentary on the Categories
Type Article
Language English
Date 2014
Journal Quaestiones Disputatae
Volume 4
Issue 2
Pages 73-99
Categories no categories
Author(s) Almeida, Joseph
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

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Simplicius on Continuous and Instantaneous Change: Neoplatonic Elements in Simplicius’ Interpretation of Aristotelian Physics, 1998
By: Croese, Irma Maria
Title Simplicius on Continuous and Instantaneous Change: Neoplatonic Elements in Simplicius’ Interpretation of Aristotelian Physics
Type Monograph
Language English
Date 1998
Publication Place Utrecht
Publisher Zeno Institute of Philosophy
Series Quaestiones Infinita
Volume 23
Categories no categories
Author(s) Croese, Irma Maria
Editor(s)
Translator(s)

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Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29 , 2019
By: Sanchez, Liliana Carolina, Finamore, John F. (Ed.), Nejeschleba, Tomáš (Ed.)
Title Simplicius on De Anima 407b23-408a29
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in Platonism and Its Legacy: Selected Papers from the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies
Pages 141-158
Categories no categories
Author(s) Sanchez, Liliana Carolina
Editor(s) Finamore, John F. , Nejeschleba, Tomáš
Translator(s)
In the following lines I aim to study one of those cases in which the exegetical labour of a Neoplatonic commentator is seen as carrying a doctrinal element that entails a certain distortion of Aristotle’s thought. The case that I propose to analyze is ‘Simplicius’’ commentary on the soul-harmony theory, for the commentator runs his interpretation with the aid of certain Neoplatonic theories that are alien to Aristotle’s thought. My aim is to track how the hermeneutical device that the commentator applies to the Aristotelian text is built up from the elements provided in the text itself, how the foreign doctrine is introduced, and how this elicits a global comprehension and a philosophical appropriation of the text. In order to do so, I will first present the passage and the alien theory that is being employed by ‘Simplicius’ to perform his exegesis; then I will show how the commentator chains two passages of the text and produce an explanation for the refutation of the soul harmony theory. Finally, I will describe what kind of interpretation is produced and how it serves to explain Aristotle’s challenge in using the hylomorphic model applied to psychology. By doing this I hope that I could explain how is that the commentator feels himself authorized to introduce the alien theory, how he builds up his exegesis around a problem that he needs to solve, and consequently what is the philosophical product of such an interpretation. [introduction]

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Simplicius on Elements and Causes in Greek Philosophy: Critical Appraisal or Philosophical Synthesis?, 2015
By: Baltussen, Han, Marmodoro, Anna (Ed.), Prince, Brian D. (Ed.)
Title Simplicius on Elements and Causes in Greek Philosophy: Critical Appraisal or Philosophical Synthesis?
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2015
Published in Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity
Pages 111-128
Categories no categories
Author(s) Baltussen, Han
Editor(s) Marmodoro, Anna , Prince, Brian D.
Translator(s)
Baltussen shows how Simplicius’ astoundingly ambitious
project in authoring commentaries led to the development of his own
views about creation and causal principles: Simplicius wanted to produce
nothing less than a synthesis of all previous Greek thinking, and not just a synthesis, but one that would show how all previous thinkers had been in
harmony with one another. The result is a version of Aristotle’s views, and
yet also belongs distinctively to the sixth century ce. [introduction]

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Simplicius on Empedocles: A note on his Commentary in Phys. 157.25–161.20, 2024
By: Anna Afonasina
Title Simplicius on Empedocles: A note on his Commentary in Phys. 157.25–161.20
Type Article
Language English
Date 2024
Journal Shagi/Steps
Volume 10
Issue 2
Pages 183-196
Categories no categories
Author(s) Anna Afonasina
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
The present study attempts to show what influence a
commentary can have on the formation of ideas about a preceding
philosophical tradition. A case in point is Simplicius’ commentary
on Aristotle’s “Physics” and on fragments of Empedocles’ poem.
The selected passage, though small in size, is quite remarkable in
terms of content and the way Simplicius deals with it. With regard
to content, we are dealing here with one of the fundamental problematic
plots of Empedocles’ philosophy about the alternate rule of
Love and Strife. But Simplicius adds to this his own view of Empedocles’
philosophy, dictated by his desire to harmonize the views of
all the pagan philosophers and place them within a single consistent
scheme. Simplicius wanted to counterpose something to Christianity,
which was gaining in strength, and to show that all Greek
philosophy developed along a certain path and contains no internal
disagreements. On the one hand, Simplicius has preserved for us
very valuable material — fairly lengthy sections of the text of Empedocles’
poem. On the other hand, wishing to implement his program,
Simplicius chose those fragments of the poem that fit well
into it. Therefore, the question arises whether we should take into
account the context in which the fragments are quoted, or simply
extract from the general body of the commentary those fragments
of Empedocles’ poem that we need and consider them independently? [author's abstrac]

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Simplicius on Predication, 2015
By: Hauer, Mareike
Title Simplicius on Predication
Type Article
Language English
Date 2015
Journal Revue de Philosophie Ancienne
Volume 33
Issue 2
Pages 173-200
Categories no categories
Author(s) Hauer, Mareike
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
This paper deals with Simplicius’ discussion of Aristotle’s account of predication in his Commentary on Aristotle’s Categories. Of particular interest is the relation between synonymous predication and essential predication. In Aristotle, as well as in Simplicius, both kinds of predication are closely connected. It has been argued in Aristotelian scholarship that, for Aristotle, synonymous predication yields essential predication. It has been equally argued that this assumption is compatible with Aristotle’s theoretical framework, but if applied to Plato, would pose a problem for Plato. Simplicius’ extensive discussion of both synonymous predication and essential predication suggests that he was aware of the deeper problem raised by the assumption that synonymous predication yields essential predication. In this paper, I will argue that Simplicius, by means of an original interpretation of the predicate, not only turns the assumption that synonymous predication yields essential predication into a supposition that is less problematic for Plato, but also creates a framework for a possible harmonization of Plato and Aristotle. [Author's abstract]

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Simplicius on Tekmeriodic Proofs, 2012
By: Harari, Orna
Title Simplicius on Tekmeriodic Proofs
Type Article
Language English
Date 2012
Journal Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Volume 43
Pages 366-375
Categories no categories
Author(s) Harari, Orna
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
In this study I examine the sole detailed evidence we have for Simplicius’ view of sign-based, i.e. tekmeriodic proofs, thereby questing the widespread assumption that he espouses Phiioponus' account of these proofs. Specifically. I argue that (1) it is more plausible to understand the signs on which Simplicius bases his tekmeriodic proofs as refutable, (2) he grounds the epistemic worth of these proofs in the evidential strength of their premises rather than in their validity, (3) unlike Phiioponus, he conceives of the argu­ment that leads to the principles of natural  philosophy, which tekmeriodic proofs are aimed to prove, as inductive, and  (4) he evaluates these proofs against Plato’s  un-hypothetical  science, hence denying natural  philosophy  the  autonomy  from  metaphysics  that  Phiioponus’  account  of tekmeriodic  proofs grants. [Author's abstract]

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Simplicius on elements and causes in Greek philosophy: critical appraisal or philosophical synthesis?, 2015
By: Baltussen, Han, Marmodoro, Anna (Ed.), Prince, Brian (Ed.)
Title Simplicius on elements and causes in Greek philosophy: critical appraisal or philosophical synthesis?
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2015
Published in Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity
Pages 111-128
Categories no categories
Author(s) Baltussen, Han
Editor(s) Marmodoro, Anna , Prince, Brian
Translator(s)
M y aim in this chapter is to examine Sim plicius’ technique o f com pos­
ition and how it helps structure his evaluative com m ents. Such an investi­
gation will clarify  how  his  remarkably  inclusive  selection  procedure  seeks 
to  draw  on  w hatever  sources  he  thinks  useful  for  his  purpose. [p. 111]

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Simplicius on the "Theaetetus" ("In Physica" 17,38-18,23 Diels), 2010
By: Menn, Stephen
Title Simplicius on the "Theaetetus" ("In Physica" 17,38-18,23 Diels)
Type Article
Language English
Date 2010
Journal Phronesis
Volume 55
Issue 3
Pages 255-270
Categories no categories
Author(s) Menn, Stephen
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Aristotle in Physics 1,1 says some strange-sounding things about how we come to know wholes and parts, universals and particulars. In explicating these, Simplicius distinguishes an initial rough cognition of a thing as a whole, an intermediate "cognition according to the definition and through the elements," and a final cognition of how the thing's many elements are united: only this last is ἐπιστήμη. Simplicius refers to the Theaetetus for the point about what is needed for ἐπιστήμη and the ways that cognition according to the definition and through the elements falls short. By unpacking this reference I try to recon struct Simplicius' reading of "Socrates' Dream," its place in the Theaetetus larger argument, and its harmony with other Platonic and Aristotelian texts. But this reconstruction depends on undoing some catastrophic emendations in Diels's text of Simplicius. Diels's emendations arise from his assumptions about definitions and elements, in Socrates' Dream and elsewhere, and rethinking the Simplicius passage may help us rethink those assumptions. 

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Simplicius on the Individuation of Material Substances, 2019
By: Schwark, Marina
Title Simplicius on the Individuation of Material Substances
Type Article
Language English
Date 2019
Journal Elenchos
Volume 40
Issue 2
Pages 401-429
Categories no categories
Author(s) Schwark, Marina
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
In his commentary on Physics I 9, Simplicius claims that individual forms individuate matter. Given that in the same text he calls the immanent form ‘universal,’it seems reasonable to conclude that the individual forms are individual instances of one universal species–form. However, Simplicius also mentions accidental properties that are peculiar to form rather than to matter. On the basis of Simplicius’ commentaries on the Categories and on the Physics, I argue that the individuating
accidents are not part of the individual forms, but that each individual’s form coordinates the individual’s accidental features. By belonging to a certain species, the individual form sets limits as to which accidents a matter–form compound can
assume. This approach enables Simplicius to combine hylomorphism with a theory
of individuation through properties. Furthermore, in his commentary on De Caelo I 9 Simplicius explains the uniqueness of each individual’s conglomeration of properties in light of his Neoplatonic cosmology: each individual corresponds to an individual cosmic disposition that determines its characteristic features. [Author's abstract]

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