tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post3027028166412175432..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: The classical elementsPeter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-14676276028955174882021-04-27T08:10:10.134+12:002021-04-27T08:10:10.134+12:00I can't give a full timeline: all I can do is ...I can't give a full timeline: all I can do is check the usual reference works. Simplicius, in the 6th century, wrote a commentary on <i>On the heavens</i>; the earliest extant manuscript dates to the 10th century, Parisinus gr. 1853; in the 11th century Avicenna and al Ghazali both knew it well, and a century later Averroes wrote extensively about Aristotle's ideas in that work.<br /><br Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-59783959636407993092021-04-19T22:25:13.884+12:002021-04-19T22:25:13.884+12:00I know you have written two articles "Who pre...I know you have written two articles "Who preserved Greek literature" but I'd like to know<br /><br />1) what's the history of whop knew when Aristotle's On the Heavens?<br /><br />2) Is there some resource/reference where one who's curious could see for each of "old books" "who preserved it" listing the copies and which part of the world was aware ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-70234335754818059722020-11-30T02:49:11.454+13:002020-11-30T02:49:11.454+13:00Reading the "De Anima" of Aristotle in G...Reading the "De Anima" of Aristotle in Greek as an undergraduate was a major inspiration of all my future work as a classicist.Mentifexhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NRQ3HVWnoreply@blogger.com