Philoponus’ On Aristotle Categories 1-5 discusses the nature of universals, preserving the views of Philoponus’ teacher...... more

In the Corollaries on Place and Void, Philoponus attacks Aristotle’s conception of place as two-dimensional, adopting...... more

from a cause. Philoponus takes these issues further. Reasoning from particular to universal is the direction taken by...... more

In one of the most original books of late antiquity, Philoponus argues for the Christian view that matter can be...... more

ascribed to Philoponus incorrectly, offers some interpretations of Aristotle that are unfamiliar nowadays. For example, the...... more

translated into English or other European languages. This text by Philoponus rejects accounts of soul, or as we would say of mind...... more

This text by Philoponus, the sixth-century commentator on Aristotle, is notable for its informative introduction to...... more

In this, one of the most original ancient texts on sense perception, Philoponus, the sixth century AD commentator on...... more

Patristics and Christian Theology (it allows comparison of Philoponus’ later creationist doctrine with his earlier ideas about...... more

receive these forms without matter. Philoponus understands this reception not physiologically as the eye jelly’s taking on...... more

. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatonism, who turned the pagans’ ideas against...... more

In chapters 12-18 of Against Proclus, Philoponus continues to do battle against Proclus’ arguments for the...... more

translated into English or other European languages. In this, the first half of Philoponus’ analysis of book one of Aristotle’s...... more

Christianity, AD 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a...... more

out of nothing, and if so, in what sense that is true. Philoponus’ commentaries do not merely report and explain Aristotle...... more

Philoponus’ commentary on the last part of Aristotle’s Physics Book 4 does not offer major alternatives to Aristotle’s...... more

, and identifying the types of principles and the source of necessity associated with scientific facts. Philoponus’ massive...... more

phenomena to earthquakes. The commentary of John Philoponus (6th century AD) on the opening three chapters of Meteorology is...... more

Of Philoponus’ commentary on the Meteorology only that on chapters 1-9 and 12 of the first book has been preserved. It...... more