John Philoponus
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John Philoponus
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John Philoponus, also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Coptic Monophysite philologist, Aristotelian commentator and Christian theologian from Alexandria, Byzantine Egypt, who authored a number of philosophical treatises and theological works. John Philoponus broke from the Aristotelian–Neoplatonic tradition, questioning methodology and eventually leading to empiricism in the natural sciences. He was one of the first to propose a "theory of impetus" similar to the modern
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Byzantine philosopher (c.490–c.570)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philoponus
date created:
2005-09-13T19:27:05Z
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2024-09-11T16:37:42Z
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