{"product_id":"simplicius-michael-griffin-9781350286627","title":"Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1-8: General Introduction to the 12 Volumes of Translations","description":"Supporting the twelve volumes of translation of Simplicius' great commentary on Aristotle's \u003ci\u003ePhysics\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Bloomsbury in the \u003ci\u003eAncient Commentators on Aristotle\u003c\/i\u003e series, between 1992 and 2021, this volume presents a general introduction to the commentary. It covers the philosophical aims of Simplicius' commentaries on the \u003ci\u003ePhysics\u003c\/i\u003e and the related text \u003ci\u003eOn the Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e; Simplicius' methods and his use of earlier sources; and key themes and comparison with Philoponus' commentary on the same text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimplicius treats the \u003ci\u003ePhysics\u003c\/i\u003e as a universal study of the principles of all natural things underlying the account of the cosmos in \u003ci\u003eOn the Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. In both treatises, he responds at every stage to the now lost Peripatetic commentaries of Alexander of Aphrodisias, which set Aristotle in opposition to Plato and to earlier thinkers such as Parmenides, Empedocles and Anaxagoras. On each passage, Simplicius after going through Alexander's commentary raises difficulties for the text of Aristotle as interpreted by Alexander. Then, after making observations about details of the text, and often going back to a direct reading of the older philosophers (for whom he is now often our main source, as he is for Alexander's commentary), he proposes his own solution to the difficulties, introduced with a modest 'perhaps', which reads Aristotle as in harmony with Plato and earlier thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Menn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350286621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350286627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Stephen Menn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057176539391,"sku":"9781350286627","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e10b32b1-7ffc-4955-b89d-7a86922d3030.jpg?v=1685045474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simplicius-michael-griffin-9781350286627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}