In Aristotelis Quattuor Libros De Caelo Commentaria
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Simplicius
Simplicius
c. 480 CE–c. 560 CE · Athens
Simplicius of Cilicia (c. 480-c. 560 CE) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and one of the last great commentators on Aristotle. His detailed commentaries on works such as the Physics and On the Heavens are invaluable not only for their philosophical insight but because they preserve numerous quotations from earlier Greek thinkers, including the Presocratics, that would otherwise be lost. He was among the scholars who left Athens after the closing of the Platonic school there around 529 CE.
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The intellectual capital of the Greek world, where Socrates questioned in the agora and four great schools—Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa, and Epicurus' Garden—took root within a single square mile.
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Proclus the Grammarian, Proclus, Marinus, 5th century, Damascius, Priscianus Lydus
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Proclus the Grammarian, Proclus, Marinus, 5th century, Damascius, Priscianus Lydus
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Works(3)
In Aristotelis Categorias Commentarium
Athens
In Aristotelis Physicorum Libros Commentaria
Athens