{"product_id":"9780715637876","title":"Philoponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAncient Commentators on Aristotle\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePhiloponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.4-9\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhiloponus | Richard Sorabji | Catherine Osborne | Michael Griffin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAristotle's \u003ci\u003ePhysics\u003c\/i\u003e 1.4-9 explores a range of questions about the basic structure of reality, the nature of prime matter, the principles of change, the relation between form and matter, and the issue of whether things can come into being out of nothing, and if so, in what sense that is true. Philoponus' commentaries do not merely report and explain Aristotle and the other thinkers whom Aristotle is discussing. They are also the philosophical work of an independent thinker in the Neoplatonic tradition. Philoponus has his own, occasionally idiosyncratic, views on a number of important issues, and he sometimes disagrees with other teachers whose views he has encountered perhaps in written texts and in oral delivery. A number of distinctive passages of philosophical importance occur in this part of Book 1, in which we see Philoponus at work on issues in physics and cosmology, as well as logic and metaphysics.  This volume contains an English translation of Philoponus' commentary, as well as a detailed introduction, commentary notes and a bibliography.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCatherine Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK. As Catherine Osborne, she is the translator of \u003ci\u003ePhiloponus: On Aristotle Physics 1.1-3\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1.4-9\u003c\/i\u003e, in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, both available from Bloomsbury (2006, 2009); author of \u003ci\u003eDumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers: Humanity and the Human and Literatue in Ancient Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and \u003ci\u003ePresocratic Philosophy: a very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 February 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780715637876\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515147419788,"sku":"9780715637876","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d9526a29-ff5b-45f9-abec-ff46dc0e4a9b.jpg?v=1784688487","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780715637876","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}