Neoplatonism and the Philosophy of Nature
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This volume dispels the idea that Platonism was an otherworldly enterprise which neglected thestudy of the natural world. Leading scholars examine how the Platonists of late antiquity sought to understand and explain natural phenomena: their essays offer a...
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This volume dispels the idea that Platonism was an otherworldly enterprise which neglected thestudy of the natural world. Leading scholars examine how the Platonists of late antiquity sought to understand and explain natural phenomena: their essays offer a new understanding of the metaphysics of Platonism, and its place in the history of science.
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1 James Wilberding and Christoph Horn: Introduction; Part I: The General Metaphysics of Nature; 2 Lloyd P. Gerson: Plotinus on Logos; 3 Andrew Smith: The Significance of 'Physics' in Porphyry: The Problem of Body and Matter; 4 Stephen Menn: Self-Motion and Reflection: Hermias and Proclus on the Harmony of Plato and Aristotle on the Soul; 5 Alain Lernould: Nature in Proclus: From Irrational Immanent Principle to Goddess; 6 Christia Mercer: Platonism in Early Modern Natural Philosophy: The Case of Leibniz and Conway; Part II: Platonic Approaches to Individual Sciences; 7 Ian Mueller: Aristotelian Objections and Post-Aristotelian Responses to Plato's Elemental Theory; 8 Jan Opsomer: In Defence of Geometric Atomism: Explaining Elemental Properties; 9 Carlos Steel: Plato's Geography: Damascius' Interpretation of the Phaedo Myth; 10 James Wilberding: Neoplatonists on 'Spontaneous' Generation; 11 Christoph Horn: Aspects of Biology in Plotinus; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Subject Index
Autoren-Porträt von James Wilberding, Christoph Horn
James Wilberding is Professor in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. His publications include Plotinus' Cosmology (OUP, 2006), Philoponus: On the Eternity of the World Books 12-18 (Cornell and Duckworth, 2006), and Porphyry: To Gaurus on How Embryos are Ensouled and On What Is in Our Power (Cornell and Duckworth, 2011). ; Christoph Horn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn, Germany. He works on various aspects of ancient philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine) as well as modern moral and political thought. His monographs include Plotin uber Sein, Zahl und Einheit (Teubner, 1995); Augustinus (Beck, 1995); Antike Lebenskunst (Beck, 1998); and Politische Philosophie (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2003); and he has edited numerous volumes including Augustinus. De civitate dei (Akademie Verlag, 1997); (with Ch. Rapp) Worterbuch der antiken Philosophie (Beck, 2002); (with A. Neschke)
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: James Wilberding , Christoph Horn
- 2012, 280 Seiten, Maße: 15,7 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: James Wilberding
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0199693714
- ISBN-13: 9780199693719
Sprache:
Englisch
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