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Western philosophy. Main interests. Theology, natural philosophy, mathematics. Notable ideas. Theory of impetus. John Philoponus ( Greek: / fɪˈlɒpənəs /; Ἰωάννης ὁ Φιλόπονος; c. 490 – c. 570), also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Byzantine Greek philologist, Aristotelian commentator, Christian ...
Mar 11, 2003 · John Philoponus. John Philoponus, a Christian philosopher, scientist, and theologian who lived approximately from 490 to 570 CE, is also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria. The epithet ‘Philoponus’ means literally ‘Lover of toil’. Philoponus’ life and work are closely connected to the city of Alexandria and the ...
Lived c. 490 – c. 570 AD. John Philoponus was one of the last great original thinkers of Greek antiquity, and he was the first person to begin a significant, wide-ranging assault on Aristotle’s flawed physics. Philoponus originated one of physics’ great paradigm shifts: he said that after a projectile is launched, it keeps moving because ...
Apr 2, 2024 · 501 - 600. Subjects Of Study: Aristotle. John Philoponus (flourished 6th century) was a Christian philosopher, theologian, and literary scholar whose writings expressed an independent Christian synthesis of classical Hellenistic thought, which in translation contributed to Syriac and Arabic cultures and to medieval Western thought.
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The De opificio mundi ( On the Creation of the World) of John Philoponus was a 6th-century commentary on the Genesis creation narrative (or a Hexaemeron ). The text is dated sometime between 546 and 560 AD. [1] [2] John, an advocate for Neoplatonism and a follower of the astronomy of Ptolemy, was interested in converging the six-day creation ...
May 21, 2018 · JOHN PHILOPONUS. Alexandrian theologian and philosopher of the sixth century, known also as John the Grammarian. He was a disciple of Ammonius of Hermias. The name Philoponus means lover of work; the philoponoi were members of a confraternity whose task it was to look after places of worship.
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Jul 29, 2020 · Introduction. John of Alexandria or John the Grammarian, known as John Philoponus ( c . 490s–570s), was a philosopher and theologian in 6th-century Alexandria. He first wrote on language, for example on words the meaning of which changes by accent alone, and studied philosophy with Ammonius, son of Hermias and a student of Proclus (411–485).
