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Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 6-8
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Philoponus: Against Proclus On the Eternity of the World 6-8
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Philoponus
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Translated by Michael Share
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| Series | Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781472557711
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| Classifications | Dewey:113 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Academic
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| Publication Date |
10 April 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is one of the most interesting of all post-Aristotelian Greek philosophical texts, written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, AD 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatonism, 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 6-8 are translated in this volume.
Author Biography
Dr Michael Share is Honorary Research Associate in the School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania.
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