Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions
| Author | : Alan C. Bowen |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2012-11-29 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004227088 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004227083 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (083 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions by : Alan C. Bowen
Download or read book Simplicius on the Planets and Their Motions written by Alan C. Bowen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contends that the digression ending Simplicius’ In de caelo 2.12 is not a proper history of early Greek planetary theory, but a creative atempt to show that to accept Ptolemy’s planetary hypotheses one need not repudiate Aristotle’s argument that the cosmos is eternal.
