
John Philoponus
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Alexandria |
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Died | Alexandria |
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570 AD | |
Alexandria | |
Egypt | |
Influenced | Jean Buridan |
Influenced by | Aristotle |
School | Neoplatonism |
Books | Against Aristotle, on the eternity of the world |
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De aeternitate mundi contra Proclum | |
Notabl idea | Theory of impetus |
Influences | Aristotle |
Plato | |
Porphyry | |
Ammonius Hermiae | |
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ID | 805101 |
John Philoponus Life story
John Philoponus, also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Byzantine Greek philologist, Aristotelian commentator, Christian theologian and an author of a considerable number of philosophical treatises and theological works. He was born in Alexandria.