Proclus on nature: philosophy of nature and its methods in Proclus' Commentary on Plato's "Timaeus"
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Beteilige Person: Martijn, Marije (VerfasserIn)
Format: Hochschulschrift/Dissertation Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2010
Schriftenreihe:Philosophia antiqua Volume 121
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Beschreibung:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leiden University
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-320) and indexes
Of Proclusa (TM) immense philosophical system, the part concerning the natural world may well be the most fascinating. Traditional scholarship tends to downplay that part of Neoplatonism, in favour of idealism, but recently this attitude is changing. This study contributes to that development by showing how Proclusa (TM) natural philosophy relates to theology, while remaining a science in its own right. Starting from his "Commentary on Platoa (TM)s" Timaeus, it presents a revision of Proclusa (TM) metaphysics of nature and provides new insight into his surprisingly peripatetic philos
Acknowledgements; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. Platonic f?s??S according to Proclus; Chapter Three. The prooemium: the geometrical method of physiologia; Chapter Four. After the prooemium: mathematics, the senses, and life; Chapter Five. Discourse and Reality:e?????????; Chapter Six. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index rerum; Index locorum
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