On the Celestial Bodies in the Coimbra Commentary on De Caelo

Abstract

I discuss in this paper some evidence of possible influence by Philoponus of Alexandria over the authorship of Coimbra Commentary on De caelo. Thus, I will analyze how Philoponus’ objections against the Aristotelian idea of nongenerated and imperishable heavenly bodies are integrated to the commentary, considering both explicit and implicit references to Philoponus that are present in the text. This discussion might add a valuable contribution to the studies of the reception of Ancient commentators in Early Modern natural philosophy.