Originally published in 1991. Philoponus' long commentary on
Aristotle's definition of light sets up the major concerns, both in
optics and theory of light, that are discussed here. Light was of
special interest in Neoplatonism because of its being something
incorporeal in the world of natural bodies. Light therefore had a
special role in the philosophical analysis of the interpenetration
of bodies and was also a paradigm for the soul-body problem. The
book contains much about the physiology of vision as well as the
propagation of light. Several chapters investigate the
philosophical theory behind what came to be known as
'multiplication of species' in medieval light theory. These issues
in the history of science are placed within an analysis of
Neoplatonic development of the distinction between Aristotle's
kinesis and energeia. The book treats Philoponus' philosophy of
mathematical science from the point of view of matter, quantity,
and three-dimensionality.
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