Lettinck Paul, Urmson J.O. (eds.). Philoponus. On Aristotle Physics 5-8 with Simplicius. On Aristotle on the void

Bloomsbury Academic; Bristol Classical Press, 2013. — 278 p. — (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle).This volume presents works on Aristotle’s Physics by the two rivals, Philoponus and Simplicius, both Neoplatonists of the sixth century AD, the first a Christian, the second a pagan. Philoponus’ text, lost in Greek except for fragments, is here translated for the first time from the Arabic. The Arabic, included in an Arabic translation of Aristotle, is a paraphrase of Philoponus’ commentary on Physics Books 5 to 7, with two comments on the final book, 8. The Simplicius text comes from his huge commentary on Physics Book 4. The comments on Aristotle’s treatment of place and time and Simplicius’ own corollaries on place and time have already been translated by J.O. Urmson in two earlier volumes of this series. What remains is the comments on Aristotle’s treatment of the void in Physics Book 4, chapters 6-9.
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