Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions
Biographical note
Alan C. Bowen, Ph.D. (1977) Philosophy, University of Toronto, is Director of the Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science (Princeton). He has numerous publications in the history of science and philosophy, including New Perspectives on Aristotle’s De caelo (with Christian Wildberg).
Readership
Teachers and students of ancient philosophy and science, the history of science (especially, astronomy), and cosmology in Late Antiquity, ancient polemic and paganism.
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Conventions
List of Figures
The Argument
Introduction
1. The Heresy of Non-Homocentric Aetherial Motion
2. The Heretical Rejection of All Hypotheses
3. Simplicius, the Apologist
4. Simplicius, the Historian
5. Conclusion
Translation
In de caelo 2.10 The proportionality of the planetary speeds
In de caelo 2.11 The sphericity of the wandering stars
In de caelo 2.12 The proportionality of the planetary motions
Figures
Comments
In de caelo 2.10
In de caelo 2.11
In de caelo 2.12
Bibliography
Index of Passages
Passages in I.G. Kidd 1988–1999, vol.1
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Acknowledgments
Conventions
List of Figures
The Argument
Introduction
1. The Heresy of Non-Homocentric Aetherial Motion
2. The Heretical Rejection of All Hypotheses
3. Simplicius, the Apologist
4. Simplicius, the Historian
5. Conclusion
Translation
In de caelo 2.10 The proportionality of the planetary speeds
In de caelo 2.11 The sphericity of the wandering stars
In de caelo 2.12 The proportionality of the planetary motions
Figures
Comments
In de caelo 2.10
In de caelo 2.11
In de caelo 2.12
Bibliography
Index of Passages
Passages in I.G. Kidd 1988–1999, vol.1
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
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