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On the Heavens (Greek: Περὶ οὐρανοῦ; Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: written in 350 BCE, [1] it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings of the terrestrial world.
Cleomedes (Greek: Κλεομήδης) was a Greek astronomer who is known chiefly for his book On the Circular Motions of the Celestial Bodies (Κυκλικὴ θεωρία μετεώρων), also known as The Heavens (Latin: Caelestia).
On Aristotle On the Heavens 1.10-12 R. J. Hankinson 2006 Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 1.3-5 P. van der Eijk 2006 Philoponus: Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 12-18 J. Wilberding 2006 Aspasius: On Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 1-4, 7-8 D. Konstan 2006 Syrianus: On Aristotle Metaphysics 13-14 J. Dillon D. O’Meara 2006 Proclus
The On the Heavens commentary was written before that on the Physics, and probably not in Alexandria, since he mentions in it an astronomical observation made during his stay in that city by Ammonius. [34] Simplicius wrote his commentary on the Physics after the death of Damascius, and therefore after his return from Persia. [35]
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The world (heavens) is spherical, as is the Earth, and the land and water make a single globe. The celestial bodies, including the Earth, have regular circular and everlasting movements. The Earth rotates on its axis and around the Sun. [5] Answers to why the ancients thought the Earth was central. The order of the planets around the Sun and ...
Each of the seven heavens is depicted as being composed of a different material, and Islamic prophets are resident in each. The names are taken from Suyuti's Al-Hay’a as-samya fi l-hay’a as-sunmya: [27] Raqi'a (رقيعاء): The first heaven is described as being made of water and is the home of Adam and Eve, as
The Treatises of Aristotle on the Heavens (see also v.7 of The Works of Aristotle, 1812) 1809 The Elements of the true Arithmetic of Infinites. In which all the Propositions on the Arithmetic of Infinites invented by Dr. Wallis relative to the summation of fluxions are demonstrated to be false, and the nature of infinitesimals is unfolded.