Simplicius

With this translation all 12 volumes of translation of Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's <i>Physics</i> have been published (full list below). In <i>Physics</i> 1.1<b>-</b>2 Aristotle raises the question of the number and character of the first principles of nature and feels the need to oppose the challenge of the paradoxical Eleatic philosophers who had denied that there could be more than one unchanging thing.<br/><br/>This volume part of the groundbreaking <i>Ancient Commentators on Aristotle</i> series translates into English for the first time Simplicius' commentary on this selected text and includes a brief introduction extensive explanatory notes indexes and a bibliography.<br/><br/>Previous published volumes translating Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's <i>Physics</i>can all be found in Bloomsbury's series: <br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 1.3<b>-</b>4</i> tr. P. Huby and C. C. W. Taylor 2011<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 1.5<b>-</b>9</i> tr. H. Baltussen M. Atkinson M. Share and I. Mueller 2012<br/>- <i>On Aristotle Physics 2</i> tr. B. Fleet 1997<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 3</i> tr. J. O. Urmson with P. Lautner 2001<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 4.1<b>-</b>5 and 10<b>-</b>14</i> tr. J. O. Urmson 1992<br/><i>- On Aristotle on the Void</i> tr. J. O. Urmson 1994 (=<i>Physics</i>4.6<b>-</b>9; published with Philoponus <i>On Aristotle Physics 5<b>-</b>8</i> tr. P. Lettinck)<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 5</i> tr. J. O. Urmson 1997<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 6</i> tr. D. Konstan 1989<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 7</i> tr. C. Hagen 1994<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 8.1<b>-</b>5</i> tr. I. Bodnar M. Chase and M. Share 2012<br/><i>- On Aristotle Physics 8.6<b>-</b>10</i> tr. R. McKirahan 2001<br/>