Commenting on the end of Aristotle On the" Heavens" Book 3,
Simplicius examines Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's theory of
elemental chemistry in the "Timaeus." Plato makes the
characteristics of the four elements depend on the shapes of
component corpuscles and ultimately on the arrangement of the
triangles which compose them. Simplicius preserves and criticizes
the contributions made to the debate in lost works by two other
major commentators, Alexander the Aristotelian, and Proclus the
Platonist. In Book 4, Simplicius identifies fifteen objections by
Aristotle to Plato's views on weight in the four elements. He
finishes Book 4 by elaborating Aristotle's criticisms of
Democritus' theory of weight in the atoms, including Democritus'
suggestions about the influence of atomic shape on certain atomic
motions.
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