 Was Simplicius impartial towards Plato? This is insisted upon, for instance, by Elias/David (In Cat. 122.27–32), but not, at least not explicitly, by Simplicius. As noted above, Simplicius is prepared to criticise Aristotle time and again (for instance, in his digression on place [topos]), but he never seems to criticise Plato. For Simplicius, Plato is the one who brought the truth to light, the explainer or interpreter of the truth (ho tês alêtheias exêgêtês, In Cael. 131.1), but Aristotle is never granted such an honorary title (cf. Syrianus’ and Proclus’ distinction between a “divine Plato”and a (merely) “daimonic/semi-divine Aristotle”). Therefore, one may surmise that Plato was not subject to the impartiality requirement, since he was, compared to all other representatives of the ancient philosophical tradition (hoi palaioi), somehow closest to the truth.