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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ptolemy
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:School_of_Alexandria
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gptkbp:birth_date
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c. 490
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gptkbp:born
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gptkb:Alexandria
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gptkbp:contribution
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gptkb:philosopher
Metaphysics
Natural philosophy
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gptkbp:death_date
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c. 570
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gptkbp:field_of_study
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:legislation
gptkb:Mathematician
gptkb:observatory
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Natural science
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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John Philoponus
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Thomas_Aquinas
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Plato
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gptkbp:known_for
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Contributions to the understanding of light and vision
Critique of Aristotelian physics
Advocating the concept of creation ex nihilo
Philosophical arguments against the eternity of the world
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gptkbp:language
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Greek
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gptkbp:notable_for
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gptkb:physicist
Commentaries on Aristotle
Christian philosophy
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Constantinople
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gptkbp:wrote
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On the Soul
On the Eternity of the World
Commentary on the De Anima
Commentary on the Physics
Against Proclus
Commentary on the Categories
On the Creation of the World
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