Simplicius: On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.10-12

In the three chapters of On the Heavens dealt with in this volume, Aristotle argues that the universe is ungenerated and indestructible. In Simplicius'' commentary, translated here, we see a battle royal between the Neoplatonist Simplicius and the Aristotelian Alexander, whose lost commentary on Aristotle''s On the Heavens Simplicius partly preserves. Simplicius'' rival, the Christian Philoponus, ...