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Simplicius of Cilicia (/ s ɪ m ˈ p l ɪ ʃ i ə s /; Greek: Σιμπλίκιος ὁ Κίλιξ; c. 480 – c. 540) was a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and was one of the last of the Neoplatonists.
Jun 3, 2020 · Simplicius of Cilicia (ca. 480–560 CE), roughly a contemporary of John Philoponus, is without doubt the most important Neoplatonic commentator on Aristotle and one of the two most influential exegetes within the Aristotelian tradition, along with Alexander of Aphrodisias (around 200 CE).
Apr 8, 2024 · Simplicius Of Cilicia was a Greek philosopher whose learned commentaries on Aristotle’s De caelo (“On the Heavens”), Physics, De anima (“On the Soul”), and Categories are considered important, both for their original content and for the fact that they contain many valuable fragments of pre-Socratic.
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The Commentaries of Simplicius. It is curious that Simplicius wrote several commentaries on Aristotle and one on Epictetus, but none, it seems, on Plato (with the possible exception of a commentary on the Phaedo; see Goulet & Coda 2016: 361–364 and 390–394). How can this be explained?
Simplicius (c. 470 – c. 560), a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and of Damascius, was one of the last of the Greek Neoplatonists and polymaths, and an important commentator on Aristotle. A native of Cilicia, he was active in the Academy at Athens , under the leadership of Damascius, when it was closed forever in 529 by the Christian emperor ...
Simplicius was a Greek mathematician who wrote commentaries on the works of other philosophers and mathematicians including Euclid and Aristotle. Biography. Simplicius was born in Cilicia in southern Anatolia which had been a Roman province from the first century BC.
May 28, 2011 · The few facts we have about Simplicius’ life come from his own works and a few other sources. He came from Cilicia (south-eastern Anatolia) as Agathias tells us (Hist. 2.30). He was educated by Ammonius in Alexandria (fl. 490 ce, cf. In Cael 26.18–19) and Damascius (fl. 520 ce) in Athens (In phys. 601.19).
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