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.
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