John Philoponus

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John Philoponus was a 6th-century Byzantine philosopher and Christian theologian known for his influential critiques of Aristotelian physics and his development of the impetus theory.

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John Philoponus canonical 2
Philoponus 2
Ioannes Philoponos 1

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instanceOf Byzantine philosopher ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
commentator on Aristotle ⓘ
late antique scholar ⓘ
metaphysician ⓘ
natural philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
activeInCentury 6th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ioannes Philoponos ⓘ
linked to: John Philoponus

John the Grammarian ⓘ
John the Philoponus ⓘ
linked to: John Philoponus
birthName John of Alexandria ⓘ
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
criticized Aristotle’s concept of the eternity of the world ⓘ
Aristotle’s cosmology ⓘ
Aristotle’s theory of motion ⓘ
doctrine creation ex nihilo ⓘ
finite past time ⓘ
impetus as cause of projectile motion ⓘ
rejection of the eternity of the world ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Greek ⓘ
influenced Galileo Galilei ⓘ
John Buridan ⓘ
impetus theory in medieval physics ⓘ
medieval Islamic philosophers ⓘ
medieval Latin scholastics ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
knownFor Christian philosophical theology ⓘ
arguments against the eternity of the world ⓘ
commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
critiques of Aristotelian physics ⓘ
development of impetus theory ⓘ
languageOfWork Greek ⓘ
mainInterest cosmology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of nature ⓘ
physics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
notableWork Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World ⓘ
Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle’s De Anima ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle’s Meteorology ⓘ
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics ⓘ
On the Creation of the World ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism (critical) ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

Christian Neoplatonism ⓘ
linked to: Christian Platonism
placeOfActivity Alexandria ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ

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Aristotelianism → majorFigure → John Philoponus ⓘ
John Philoponus → alsoKnownAs → Ioannes Philoponos ⓘ
linked to: John Philoponus
John Philoponus → alsoKnownAs → John the Philoponus ⓘ
linked to: John Philoponus
Ammonius Hermiae → teacherOf → Philoponus ⓘ
linked to: John Philoponus
Byzantine Platonism → hasKeyFigure → John Philoponus ⓘ
Isagoge → commentedOnBy → Philoponus ⓘ
linked to: John Philoponus