Hagen Charles (ed.). Simplicius. On Aristotle Physics 7

Bloomsbury, 2014. — 202 p. — (Ancient commentators on Aristotle).Simplicius is important for the understanding of Aristotle’s Physics Book 7.1 He explains that the book seemed redundant to many because Book 8 covers the same subject, the case for a prime mover, with more exactitude. Accordingly, it had been left out of Eudemus’ treatment of the Physics, and discussion of it had been skimped by Themistius. Simplicius did not necessarily have access to Philoponus’ commentary on it, of which the Arabic summary is translated in this series.