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Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 Inna Kupreeva

Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 By Inna Kupreeva

Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 by Inna Kupreeva


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In this commentary of Aristotle's Meteorology, the Neoplatonist Philoponus discusses subjects such as the nature of fiery and light phenomena in the sky, the formation of comets, the Milky Way, the properties of moist exhalation, and the formation of hail.

Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 Summary

Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 by Inna Kupreeva

Of Philoponus' commentary on the Meteorology only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It is translated in this series in two volumes, the first covering chapters 1-3; the second (this volume) chapters 4-9 and 12. The subjects discussed here include the nature of fiery and light phenomena in the sky, the formation of comets, the Milky Way, the properties of moist exhalation, and the formation of hail. Philoponus pays special attention to the distinction between the apparent and the real among the sky phenomena; he criticises Aristotle's theory of the Milky Way as sublunary, and argues for its origin in the heavenly realm; gives a detailed exposition of Aristotelian theory of antiperistasis, mutual replacement of the hot and the cold, as the mechanism of condensation and related processes. As in the first volume, Philoponus demonstrates scholarly erudition and familiarity with methods and results of post-Aristotelian Greek science. Despite the fragmented state of the work and the genre of commentary, the reader will find the elements of a coherent picture of the cosmos based on a radical re-thinking of Aristotelian meteorology and physics.

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'A massive scholarly achievement of the highest importance.' - The Times

About Inna Kupreeva

Inna Kupreeva is Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction Textual Emendations Translation Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Cited General Index

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NPB9780715636756
9780715636756
0715636758
Philoponus: On Aristotle Meteorology 1.4-9, 12 by Inna Kupreeva
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Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2012-11-22
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