Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "John Philoponus" ¶ 36
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

John and Philoponus
The first Greek Christians to comment extensively on Aristotle were John Philoponus, Elias, and David in the sixth century, and Stephen of Alexandria in the early seventh century.
John Philoponus stands out for having attempted a fundamental critique of Aristotle's views on the eternity of the world, movement, and other elements of Aristotelian thought.
He also taught Asclepius of Tralles, John Philoponus, Damascius and Simplicius.
* On Aristotle's Prior Analytics ( written by John Philoponus )
* On Aristotle's Posterior Analytics ( written by John Philoponus )
* On Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption ( written by John Philoponus )
* On Aristotle's On the Soul ( written by John Philoponus )
* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming-to-be and Perishing 1. 1-5, translated by C. J. F. Williams.
* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On Coming-to-be and Perishing 1. 6-2. 4, translated by C. J. F. Williams.
* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2. 1-6, translated by W. Charlton.
* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2. 7-12, translated by W. Charlton.
* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 3. 1-8, translated by W. Charlton.
* John Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Intellect ( de Anima 3. 4-8 ), translated by W. Charlton.
Steven Duncan, writes that " it was first formulated by a Greek-speaking Syriac Christian neo-Platonist, John Philoponus.
The theory of impetus, the ancestor to the concepts of inertia and momentum, was developed along similar lines by medieval philosophers such as John Philoponus and Jean Buridan.
In the Middle Ages, Aristotle's theories were criticized and modified by a number of figures, beginning with John Philoponus in the 6th century.
It is widely accepted that Copernicus's De revolutionibus followed the outline and method set by Ptolemy in his Almagest and employed geometrical constructions that had been developed previously by the Maragheh school in his heliocentric model, and that Galileo's mathematical treatment of acceleration and his concept of impetus rejected earlier medieval analyses of motion, rejecting by name ; Averroes, Avempace, Jean Buridan, and John Philoponus ( see Theory of impetus ).
The Christian philosopher, John Philoponus, presented the philosophical arguments against the ancient Greek notion of an infinite past and future.
* John Philoponus, Aristotelian commentator and philosopher ( d. 570 )
* 6th century — John Philoponus proposes a universe that is finite in time and argues against the ancient Greek notion of an infinite universe
About 550 AD the Christian philosopher John Philoponus wrote a treatise on the astrolabe in Greek, which is the earliest extant Greek treatise on the instrument.
Although averse to Christianity he abstains from assailing Christian doctrines, even when he combats expressly the work of his contemporary, John Philoponus, directed against the Aristotelian doctrine of the eternity of the universe.
The Christian philosopher, John Philoponus, presented the first such argument against the ancient Greek notion of an infinite past.
The Christian philosopher, John Philoponus, presented the first such argument against the ancient Greek notion of an infinite past.
Jean Buridan, following in the footsteps of John Philoponus and Avicenna, proposed that motion was maintained by some property of the body, imparted when it was set in motion.

John and
* John Komnenos, Alexios nephew, governor of Dyrrachium, accused of a conspiracy by Theophylact of Bulgaria.
" Famous Hopwood award winners include Robert Hayden, Marge Piercy, Arthur Miller, Betty Smith, Lawrence Kasdan, John Ciardi, Mary Gaitskill, Nancy Willard, Frank O Hara, and Steve Hamilton.
" John Updike, comparing Abner to a hillbilly Candide ,” added that the strip s richness of social and philosophical commentary approached the Voltairean .” Charlie Chaplin, William F. Buckley, Al Hirschfeld, Harpo Marx, Russ Meyer, John Kenneth Galbraith, Ralph Bakshi, Shel Silverstein, Hugh Downs, Gene Shalit, Frank Cho, Daniel Clowes and ( reportedly ) even Queen Elizabeth have confessed to being fans of Li ' l Abner.
A visit to the ground has only confirmed me ,” Lucas wrote in 1921 ; and it was interesting to find that Mr. Apostolides, son of the large local landowner, the hospitality of whose farm at Tekés I enjoyed, was convinced too that the site was by Driskole Krini, for the very sound reason that neither the hills nor the river further east suit Caesar s description .” John D. Morgan in his definitive Palae-pharsalus – the Battle and the Town ”, arguing for a site closer still to Krini, where he places Palaepharsalos, writes: My reconstruction is similar to Lucas s, and in fact I borrow one of his alternatives for the line of the Pompeian retreat.
To the right of the infantry Lord John Hay s ‘ Scots Greys also picked their way across the stream and charged the Régment du Roi within Autre-Eglise.
John Millner s memoirs – Compendious Journal ( 1733 ) – is more specific, recording 12, 087 of Villeroi s army were killed or wounded, with another 9, 729 taken prisoner.
As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop s Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, and the romances of Sir Walter Scott.
Her Journal reveals her growing sophistication as a critic as well as the influence of her father s friend the artist Sir John Everett Millais who recognised Beatrix s talent of observation.
Bliss s concern about semantics finds an early referent in John Locke, whose Essay Concerning Human Understanding prevented people from those " vague and insignificant forms of speech " that may give the impression of being deep learning.
Bob Jones, Sr. argued that if members of Graham s campaign executive committee had rejected major tenets of orthodox Christianity, such as the virgin birth and the deity of Christ, then Graham had violated 2 John 9-11, which prohibits receiving in fellowship those who do not abide in the teaching of Christ .” In the 1960s, Graham further irritated fundamentalists by gaining the endorsement of Cardinal Richard Cushing for his Boston campaign and accepting honorary degrees from two Roman Catholic colleges.
All kings supported King John of England s defiance of Pope Innocent III ninety years after the Concordat of Worms in the matter concerning Stephen Langton.
Larry Gragg highlights Mather s cloudy thinking and confusion between sympathy for the possessed, and the boundlessness of spectral evidence when Mather stated, the devil have sometimes represented the shapes of persons not only innocent, but also the very virtuous .” And writing in the early 1980s, John Demos seemed to consider Mather a moderating influence on the trials.
* The Shootist – John Wayne s last film that was shot on location at the Krebbs-Peterson House
Notable examples include Mike Oldfield's " Guilty " ( 1979 ) Blondie's " Heart of Glass " ( 1978 ), Cher's " Hell on Wheels " and " Take Me Home " ( both 1979 ), Barry Manilow s " Copacabana " ( 1978 ), David Bowie's " John I'm Only Dancing ( Again )" ( 1975 ), Rod Stewart's " Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
" ( 1979 ), Electric Light Orchestra s " Shine a Little Love ", " Don't Bring Me Down ", and " Last Train to London " ( all 1979 ), George Benson's " Give Me the Night " ( 1980 ), Elton John and Kiki Dee's " Don't Go Breaking My Heart " ( 1976 ), and Diana Ross ' " Upside Down " ( 1980 ).
Due to deadlines, some real-world events have rendered some of Trudeau s comics unusable, such as a 1973 series featuring John Ehrlichman, a 1989 series set in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, a 1993 series involving Zoë Baird, and a 2005 series involving Harriet Miers.
Ernst Käsemann controversially defined the Christology of St John s Gospel as naïve docetism in 1968.
One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King s treasure.
At the same time the non-album single " John, I m Only Dancing ", and " All the Young Dudes ", a song he wrote and produced for Mott the Hoople, became UK hits.
He was subsequently entered at the Reverend John Bransby s Manor House School at Stoke Newington, then a suburb four miles ( 6 km ) north of London.

0.258 seconds.