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SIMPLICIUS

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 135 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SIMPLICIUS , a native of Cilicia, a
disciple
  of Ammonius and of Damascius, was one of the last of the Neoplatonists. When,
in A.D. 529, the school of philosophy at Athens was disendowed and the teaching of philosophy forbidden, the scholars Damascius, Simplicius, Priscianus and four others resolved in 531 or 532 to seek the
protection
  of
Chosroes
 , king of Persia, but, though they received ahearty welcome, they found themselves unable to endure a continued residence amongst barbarians. Before two years had elapsed they returned to.
Greece
 ,
Chosroes
 , in his treaty of peace concluded with Justinian in 533, expressly stipulating that the seven philosophers should be allowed " to return to their own homes, and to live henceforward in the enjoyment of liberty of
conscience
  " (
Agathias
  ii. 30, 31). After his return from Persia Simplicius wrote commentaries upon
Aristotle
 's De coelo, Physica, De anima and Categoriae, which, with a commentary upon the Enchiridion of
Epictetus
 , have survived. Simplicius is not an
original
  thinker, but his remarks are thoughtful and intelligent and his learning is prodigious. To the student of
Greek
  philosophy his commentaries are in-valuable, as they contain many fragments of the older philosophers as well as of his immediate predecessors. (See NEO-


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