JOANNES See also:

• JOANNES PHILOPONUS (JOHN THE GRAMMARIAN)

PHILOPONUS (See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN THE GRAMMARIAN)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek philosopher of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, lived in the later See also:

• PART

part of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century of our era . The surname Grammaticus he assumed in virtue of his lectures on See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and literature; that of See also:

• PHILOPONUS, JOANNES (JOHN THE GRAMMARIAN)

Philoponus owing to the large number of See also:

• TREATISES

treatises he composed . He was a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Ammonius Hermiae, and is supposed to have written the See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle sometimes attributed to his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . To Philoponus are attributed a large number of See also:

• WORKS

works on See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . It is said that, though he was a pupil of Ammonius, he was at first a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian, and he has been credited with the authorship of a commentary on the See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

Mosaic See also:

• COSMOGONY (from Gr. K6Qµos, world and yiyvevGay to be born)

Cosmogony in eight books, dedicated to See also:

• SERGIUS, ST

Sergius, See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, and edited by Balthasar See also:

• CORDERIUS

Corderius in 163o . Other authorities maintain that this, as well as the Disputatio de paschale, was the See also:

• WORK

work of another author, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John the Tritheist . It was perhaps this Philoponus who tried to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the Alexandrian library from the See also:

• CALIPH, CALIF

caliph See also:

• OMAR (c. 581-644)

Omar after Amu's victory in 639 . 440 The more certain writings of Philoponus consist of commentaries on Aristotle . These include works on the Physica, the See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior and the Posterior Analytics, the Meteorologica, the De anima, the De generations' animalium, the De generatione et interitu and the Metaphysica . These have been frequently edited and are interesting in connexion with the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of Aristotelianism by the Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . They seem to have embodied the lectures of Ammonius with additions by Philoponus, and are remarkable rather for elaborate care than for originality and insight . He wrote also an attack on See also:

• PROCLUS, or PROCULUS (A.D. 410-485)

Proclus (De aeternitate mundi) .

Two treatises on See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics are ascribed to him: A Commentary on the Mathematics of See also:

• NICOMACHUS

Nicomachus, edited by See also:

• HOCHE, LAZARE (1768-1797)

Hoche (1864 and 1867), and a See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the Use of the See also:

• ASTROLABE (from Gr. liar pop, star, and Aa(3eiv, to take)

Astrolabe, published by See also:

• HASE, CARL BENEDICT (1780-1864)
• HASE, KARL AUGUST VON (1800-1890)

Hase . The latter is the most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient work on this See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, and its authenticity is rendered almost certain by its reference to Ammonius as the master of the author .