Sosigenes the Peripatetic
Sosigenes the Peripatetic was a 2nd century Aristotelian philosopher ( Peripatetic ).
Sosigenes is mentioned in connection with the " saving of phenomena ", that is to say with the question of how one can ultimately trace back the complicated movements of the celestial bodies, especially the sun, moon and planets, to the combination of ideal, uniform circular movements around a center. On September 4, 164, he is said to have observed an annular solar eclipse and concluded from the difference to a total solar eclipse that the apparent size of the sun or moon changes and thus they cannot orbit a common center (the earth), but that these Celestial bodies should each have their own centers. This made him a stimulus for Nicolaus Copernicus in developing his heliocentric system . One of his students was Alexander of Aphrodisias .
literature
- Richard Goulet: Sosigénès. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 6, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-271-08989-2 , pp. 486-488
- Fritz Krafft : Hypothesis or Reality. The change in the interpretation of mathematical astronomy in Copernicus. In: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Ed.): Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). Revolutionary against his will . GNT-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-928186-16-7 , pp. 103-116.
- Inna Kupreeva: Sosigenes. In: Christoph Riedweg et al. (Hrsg.): Philosophy of the imperial era and late antiquity (= outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity. Volume 5/1). Schwabe, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-7965-3698-4 , pp. 335–343, 439
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| SURNAME | Sosigenes the Peripatetic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | aristotelian philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |