Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Heavens 1.5-9

by Michael Atkinson and Simplicius

Book Overview

Aristotle argues in On the Heavens 1.5-7 that there can be no infinitely large body, and in 1.8-9 that there cannot be more than one physical world. As a corollary in 1.9, he infers that there is no place, vacuum or time beyond the outermost stars. As one argument in favour of a single world, he argues that his four elements: earth, air, fire and water, have only one natural destination apiece. Moreover they accelerate as they approach it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472557425
• ISBN13: 9781472557421
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"