• Simplicius of Cilicia (/sɪmˈplɪʃiəs/; Greek: Σιμπλίκιος ὁ Κίλιξ; c. 480 – c. 540) was a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and was one of the...
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    Plutarch. Life of Nicias. §23. B1. Simplicius of Cilicia. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics. 155.23. B2. Simplicius of Cilicia. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics...
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    descriptions by Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, and Simplicius of Cilicia have allowed study of his ideas. Zeno's arguments are divided into two different...
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    Enchiridion The Enchiridion of Epictetus public domain audiobook at LibriVox Simplicius of Cilicia, Commentary on the Enchiridion of Epictetus, translated by...
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  • Simplicius may refer to: Persons Pope Simplicius (d. 483 AD) Simplicius of Cilicia (d. c. 560 AD), philosopher Saint Simplicius, legendary 'founding'...
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  • History of Animals . 510b – via Wikisource. B7. Simplicius of Cilicia. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics. 153.19. B8. Simplicius of Cilicia. Commentary...
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  • later commentators like Simplicius of Cilicia. Zeno devised these paradoxes to support his teacher Parmenides's philosophy of monism, which posits that...
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  • Simplicius of Cilicia, by questioning Aristotle's' view of dynamics and cosmology. He argued that motion can occur in a void and that the velocity of...
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  • Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) had direct access to the works of Proclus, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and he knew about other...
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    The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western...
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    the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD...
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    honours. After the capture of Mytilene, Caesar transferred to the staff of Publius Servilius Vatia in Cilicia before learning of Sulla's death in 78 BC and...
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    Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The...
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    Metaphysics. Bekker 986b. A31. Simplicius of Cilicia. Commentary on Aristotle's Physics. A32. Pseudo-Plutarch. "Opinions of the Philosophers". Moralia. Book...
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    Roman numerals (category Legacy of the Roman Empire)
    remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin...
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    the army claimed numerous military successes, including the conquest of Cilicia and Antioch, and a sensational victory against Bulgaria and the Kievan...
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    Clement quote directly from it, if not later. Yet by the 6th-century, Simplicius of Cilicia, who mentions Heraclitus 32 times in his Commentaries on Aristotle...
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    Epictetus (category Articles with Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links)
    of Demonax about the fact that he had no family. Simplicius, Commentary on the Enchiridion, 46. It is possible that they were married, but Simplicius'...
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    of other things existing before it. Therefore, the world cannot be infinite. The Aristotelian commentator Simplicius of Cilicia and contemporary of Philoponus...
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  • 6th-century neoplatonic philosophers Simplicius of Cilicia, Eulamius of Phrygia, Priscianus of Lydia, Hermias and Diogenes of Phoenicia left Athens and travelled...
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  • Damascius (462 – 540 AD) Simplicius of Cilicia (490 – 560 AD) Boethius (472 – 524 AD) Clement of Alexandria (150 – 215 AD) Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430 AD)...
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  • Olympiodorus of Thebes, John Philoponus, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Asclepius of Tralles. Also among his pupils were the physician Gessius of Petra and the...
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    Greek θεουργία theourgía), also known as divine magic, is one of two major branches of the magical arts, the other being practical magic or thaumaturgy...
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    eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most...
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    in ancient Rome consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the people of Rome as well as those who...
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    Londinium (redirect from Sack of Londinium)
    Londinium, also known as Roman London, was the capital of Roman Britain during most of the period of Roman rule. Most twenty-first century historians think...
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  • ambulando originates with Diogenes the Cynic in an account by Simplicius of Cilicia of a debate against Zeno; upon hearing his opponent's argument, Diogenes...
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    Legate (ancient Rome) (category Military ranks of ancient Rome)
    general officer of modern times. Initially used to delegate power, the term became formalised under Augustus as the officer in command of a Roman legion...
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    roːˈmaːnʊs]; transl. "The Senate and People of Rome"), is an emblematic phrase referring to the government of the Roman Republic. It appears on documents...
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  • Henology (category Metaphysics of mind)
    account or discourse on the One that appears most notably in the philosophy of Plotinus. Henology stands in contradistinction to several other philosophical...
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