Les Commentaires de Simplicius et de Jean Philopon à la "Physique" d'Aristote (Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina)

In Greek Late Antiquity philosophy defined itself above all through the interpretation of authoritative texts such as Plato's dialogues or the treatises of Aristotle.

This work looks at the last Late Antique commentaries on Aristotle's Physics, the pagan Simplicius and the Christian Philoponus (both 6th cent. AD). Golitsis demonstrates how differently the two contemporaries interpreted the philosophical tradition and how this led them to deduce different routes to finding the truth.

Pantelis Golitsis, Freie Universität Berlin.

"[...] a valuable account of some central issues in the study of two major Aristotelian commentators." Robert B. Todd in: BMCR 2009.04.76

"[...] G. [hat] einen weiteren Baustein zum besseren Verständnis der spätantiken Kommentartradition vorgelegt [...]." Matthias Perkams in: Gnomon 83/2 (2011)