Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo
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"Commentary on Aristotle's De Caelo" is a late antique philosophical work by Simplicius of Cilicia that provides an extensive Neoplatonist exegesis of Aristotle’s treatise on the heavens and preserves valuable fragments of earlier Greek philosophy.
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| Middle Commentary on the De Caelo | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Neoplatonist exegesis
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late antique work ⓘ philosophical commentary ⓘ |
| aim |
defense of Aristotle within a Neoplatonic framework
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exegesis of Aristotle's De Caelo ⓘ |
| author | Simplicius of Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
fragments of earlier Greek philosophy
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material on Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ testimonia on Presocratic philosophers ⓘ |
| date | 6th century ⓘ |
| discipline |
ancient philosophy
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history of philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
classical studies
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philosophy of nature ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly commentary ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late antiquity ⓘ |
| importance |
key witness to late antique Aristotelianism
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major source for lost Greek philosophical texts ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Plato ⓘ earlier Neoplatonists ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainWorkAuthor | Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWorkCommentedOn | De Caelo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach |
Neoplatonic interpretation of Aristotle
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harmonization of Plato and Aristotle ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
eternity of the world
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motion of the heavens ⓘ relation between intelligible and sensible realms ⓘ structure of the cosmos ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservesWorkOf |
Hellenistic commentators
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Presocratic philosophers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Commentary on Aristotle's Categories
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Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima NERFINISHED ⓘ Commentary on Aristotle's Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Aristotle's cosmology
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cosmology ⓘ metaphysics of the heavens ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ the heavens ⓘ |
| transmission | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceIn |
research on late antique Neoplatonism
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studies of Presocratic philosophy ⓘ studies of ancient cosmology ⓘ |
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Middle Commentary on the De Caelo