On Aristotle Physics 5-8
By: Philoponus. On Aristotle on the void / Simplicius ; translated by Paul Lettinck & J.O. Urmson.
Contributors: Lettinck, Paul.; Simplicius, of Cilicia.; Urmson, J. O.
Series: Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Physics -- Early works to 1800.; Science, Ancient.
Description: "Paul Lettinck has restored a lost text of Philoponus by translating it for the first time from Arabic (only limited fragments have survived in the original Greek). The text, recovered from annotations in an Arabic translation of Aristotle, is an abridging paraphrase of Philoponus' commentary on Physics Books 5-7, with two final comments on Book 8. The Simplicius text, which consists of his comments on Aristotle's treatment of the void in chapters 6-9 of Book 4 of the Physics, comes from Simplicius' huge commentary on Book 4. Simplicius' comments on Aristotle's treatment of place and time have been translated by J. O. Urmson in two earlier volumes of this series."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Paul Lettinck has restored a lost text of Philoponus by translating it for the first time from Arabic (only limited fragments have survived in the original Greek). The text, recovered from annotations in an Arabic translation of Aristotle, is an abridging paraphrase of Philoponus' commentary on Physics Books 5-7, with two final comments on Book 8. The Simplicius text, which consists of his comments on Aristotle's treatment of the void in chapters 6-9 of Book 4 of the Physics, comes from Simplicius' huge commentary on Book 4. Simplicius' comments on Aristotle's treatment of place and time have been translated by J. O. Urmson in two earlier volumes of this series.
Notes: Series statement from dust jacket.

Translation from the Arabic summary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-236) and index.