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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Simplicius, the greatest surviving ancient authority on Aristotle�s Physics, lived in the sixth century a.d. He produced detailed commentaries on several of Aristotle�s works. Those on the Physics, which alone come to over 1,300 pages in the original Greek, preserve a centuries-old tradition of ancient scholarship on Aristotle. -- In Physics Book 5 Aristotle lays down some of the principles of his dynamics and theory of change. What does not count as a change: change of relation? the flux of time? There is no change of change, yet acceleration is recognised. Aristotle defines �continuous�, �contact� and �next�, and uses these definitions in discussing when we can claim that the same change or event is still going on. -- This volume is complemented by David Konstan�s translation of Simplicius� commentary on Physics Book 6, which has already appeared in this series. It is Book 6 that gives spatial application to the terms defined in Book 5, and uses them to mount a celebrated attack on atomism. Simplicius� commentaries enrich our understanding of the Physics and of its interpretation in the ancient world. ISBN 9780715627655