John Philoponus

John Philoponus, also known as John the Grammarian or John of Alexandria, was a Greek-speaking 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 n…

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