Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 6 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) (Bk. 6) de Konstan, David; Konstan, David [Translator]

London England: Duckworth, 1989. Hardback. First Edition. Translated by David Konstan. Book Six of Aristotle's Physics, which concerns the continuum, shows Aristotloe at his best. It contains his attack on atomism, which forced subsequent Greeks and Islamic atomists to reshape their views entirely. it also elaborates Zeno's paradoxes of motion and the famous paradoxes of stopping and starting. This is the first translation into any modern language of Simplicius' commentary on Book Six. Sumplicius, the greates ancient authority on Aristotle's physics whose works have survived to the present, lived in the sixth century A.D. He produced detailed commentaries on several of Aristotle's works. Those on the Physics, which alone come to over 1300 pages in the original Greek, preserve not only a centuries-old tradition of ancient scholarship on Aristotle but also fragements of lost works by other thinkers, including both the Presocratic philosophers and such Aristotalians as Eudemus,… Leer más

London,, 1989. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Large 8vo. pp v, 181. Original publisher's dark green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. A new translation of Aristotle's classic work on the natural sciences. ISBN: 071562217X

London : Duckworth, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 181p. ; 24cm. Notes: Series statement from dust jacket.Bibliography: p153-156. - Includes index. Translated from the Ancient Greek.Subjects: Aristotle. Physics. Book 6. Aristotle. AristotleAristotle. Physics. Aristotle. Physics. Aristote. Physique. Livre 6. Aristotle 384-322 B.C. Physics. Bk.6. Philosophy, Ancient.Philosophie ancienne.Philosophy, Ancient.Metaphysics. Physics ; Early works to 1800Physics Philosophy.Metaphysics ; Early works to 1800. Science, Ancient.Continuity ; Early works to 1800. Physics Early works to 1800. Motion. SciencePhysics

Hardback. New. A new translation of Aristotle's classic work on the natural sciences.