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According to tradition, Thales is the first to reveal the study of nature to the Greeks; although he had many predecessors, in Theopharastus' view, he so surpassed them as to eclipse everyone before him.

Simplicius of Cilicia

Simplicius of Cilicia

Simplicius of Cilicia

Born: 490

Died: 560 (aged 70)

Bio: Simplicius of Cilicia was a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and Damascius, and was one of the last of the Neoplatonists.

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Corollaries on Place and Time
On Aristotle's On the Heavens 1.5-9
On Aristotle on the soul 1.1-2.4
On Aristotle's On the Soul 3.1-5
On Aristotle's On the Heavens 2.1-9

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