Against Proclus "On the Eternity of the World 1-5" by John Philoponus

Against Proclus "On the Eternity of the World 1-5" by John Philoponus

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Philoponus was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatanism, who turned the pagans' ideas against them. Here he attacks the devout Athenian pagan philosopher, Proclus, defending the Christian view that the universe had a beginning against Proclus' arguments to the contrary.

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Against Proclus "On the Eternity of the World 1-5" by John Philoponus

This is a post-Aristotelian Greek philosophical text, written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, AD 529, when the Emporor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatanism, who turned the pagans' ideas against them. Here he attacks the most devout of the earlier Athenian pagan philosophers, Proclus, defending the distinctively Christian view that the universe had a beginning against Proclus' eighteen arguments to the contrary, which are discussed in eighteen chapters. Chapters 1-5 are translated in this volume.
Dr Michael Share is Honorary Research Associate in the School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania.
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ISBN 13 9780715632338
ISBN 10 0715632337
Titel Against Proclus "On the Eternity of the World 1-5"
Autor John Philoponus
Serie Ancient Commentators On Aristotle
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr 2005-01-28
Seitenanzahl 192
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