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SIMPLICIUS , a native of See also:Cilicia, a See also:disciple of Ammonius and of See also:Damascius, was one of the last of the Neoplatonists. When,
in A.D. 529, the school of See also:philosophy at See also: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 See also:protection of See also:Chosroes, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Persia, but, though they received a•hearty welcome, they found themselves unable to endure a continued See also:residence amongst barbarians. Before two years had elapsed they returned to. See also:Greece, Chosroes, in his treaty of See also: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 See also:liberty of See also:conscience " (See also:Agathias ii. 30, 31). After his return from Persia Simplicius wrote commentaries upon See also:Aristotle's De coelo, Physica, De anima and Categoriae, which, with a commentary upon the Enchiridion of See also:Epictetus, have survived. Simplicius is not an See also:original thinker, but his remarks are thoughtful and intelligent and his learning is prodigious. To the student of See also:Greek philosophy his commentaries are in-valuable, as they contain many fragments of the older philosophers as well as of his immediate predecessors.
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