Simplicius of Cilicia wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Simplicius of Cilicia as 6th-century Greek pagan philosopher.
Simplicius of Cilicia was born at Cilicia in 480. His recorded nationality is Greece.
Philosophy then was taught in person and preserved by students; what survives often reaches us through the summaries of opponents.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy.
Among his principal works are Commentary on Aristotle's Physics, Commentary on Epictet's Enchiridion and Commentary on Aristotle's On the Soul. Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from Greece matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Simplicius of Cilicia died in 560, aged 80. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Commentary on Aristotle's Physics
- Notable work: Commentary on Epictet's Enchiridion
- Notable work: Commentary on Aristotle's On the Soul
- Notable work: Commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens
- Fields: philosophy
