Simplicius : On Aristotle "On the Heavens 3.7-4.6" (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Translation 3.7 305b28-end. Criticism of Plato's geometrical chemistry 3.8 Criticism of Plato's geometrical chemistry continued 4.1 Absolute and relative heaviness and lightness; criticism of Plato's claim that there is no above and below in the universe 4.2 Criticism of previous accounts of heaviness and lightness 4.3 Heaviness and lightness; natural motion as the attaining of form 4.4 The existence of places between above and below and of elements, water and air, to occupy them 4.5 The four elements differ in their matter 4.6 The effect of shape and size on the motion of bodies Appendix 1. On the geometric arguments of 652,9-655,27 Appendix 2. On some later discussions of 306b5-8 Textual Questions (a) Departures from Heiberg's text (b) Simplicius' citations of On the Heaven 3.1-7, 305b28 (c) Simplicius' citations of other texts (d) Lemmas Notes Bibliography English-Greek Glossary Greek-English Index Index of Passages Index of Names Subject Index Addenda