{"product_id":"simplicius-simplicius-9781472557438","title":"Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Heavens 1.10-12","description":"In the three chapters of \u003ci\u003eOn the Heavens \u003c\/i\u003edealt with in this volume, Aristotle argues that the universe is ungenerated and indestructible. In Simplicius' commentary, translated here, we see a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian Alexander, whose lost commentary on Aristotle's\u003ci\u003e On the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e Simplicius partly preserves. Simplicius' rival, the Christian Philoponus, had conducted a parallel battle in his \u003ci\u003eAgainst Proclus\u003c\/i\u003e but had taken the side of Alexander against Proclus and other Platonists, arguing that Plato's \u003ci\u003eTimaeus \u003c\/i\u003egives a beginning to the universe. Simplicius takes the Platonist side, denying that Plato intended a beginning. The origin to which Plato refers is, according to Simplicius, not a temporal origin, but the divine cause that produces the world without beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simplicius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472557433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472557438\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 04\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Simplicius","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190778392831,"sku":"9781472557438","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e836eba-fb49-4136-97d2-82f1e622f098.jpg?v=1690872311","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simplicius-simplicius-9781472557438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}