{"product_id":"philoponus-pamela-huby-9781780930916","title":"Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.6-9","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhiloponus has been identified as the founder in dynamics of the theory of impetus, an inner force impressed from without, which, in its later recurrence, has been hailed as a scientific revolution. His commentary is translated here without the previously translated excursus, the \u003ci\u003eCorollary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eon Void, \u003c\/i\u003ealso available in this series. Philoponus rejects Aristotle's attack on the very idea of void and of the possibility of motion in it, even though he thinks that void never occurs in fact. Philoponus' argument was later to be praised by Galileo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume contains the first English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Huby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780930917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780930916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol Classical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Pamela Huby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136885633279,"sku":"9781780930916","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a17558cd-6421-4cbe-89f3-4f3145eacd8b.jpg?v=1770165108","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philoponus-pamela-huby-9781780930916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}