Against Proclus "On the Eternity of the World 1-5"
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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 |
| Title | Against Proclus "On the Eternity of the World 1-5" |
| Author | John Philoponus |
| Series | Ancient Commentators On Aristotle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2005-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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