Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 4.6-9 (Hardcover, New)

Philoponus has been identified as the founder in dynamics of the theory of impetus, an inner force impressed from without, which, in its later recurrence, has been hailed as a scientific revolution. His commentary is translated here without the previously translated excursus, the "Corollary""on Void, "also available in this series. Philoponus rejects Aristotle's attack on the very idea of void and of the possibility of motion in it, even though he thinks that void never occurs in fact. Philoponus' argument was later to be praised by Galileo.This volume contains the first English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, extensive explanatory notes and a bibliography.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Translators:	Pamela Huby
Editors:	Pamela Huby
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	144
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-78093-091-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General
LSN:	1-78093-091-7
Barcode:	9781780930916

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