Excerpt from Ioannis Philoponi in Aristotelis Physicorum Libros Tres Priores Commentaria: Consilio Et Auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Regiae BorussicaeHis igitur codicibus, quorum specimina docte et sollerter conquisi verat vir egregius immatura morte abreptus Adolfus Torstrik, in con formandis Philoponi verbis ita sum usus, ut KL in. Libris 1 - 111, KM in IV, si consentirent, nunquam nisi certis rationibus descrerem, sin minus, eum sequerer qui et sententiae et orationi Philoponeae melius consulere videretur. At sunt loci bene multi in quibus ad deterioris notae codices (ad M scilicet passim in libris I - III, vel frequentius ad G in libro IV) confugiendum duxi: ea est enim horum codicum conditio, ut nullum sine periculo constanter sequaris, nullum sine damno constanter spernas. Exempla adferam planissima. Deterioris notae est M in prioribus libris, at prooemium operis servavit omissum in ceteris omnibus. Congruunt inter se fere semper KM in libro IV, at rectam temporis designationem p. Aroxkr, rw.vod è'mg gm' solus M, genuìnum c, oopaf solus K praestitit, consentientibusl scilicet KG et GM in corruptelis rm' et cf, oarpou.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.