Platons Timaios als Grundtext der Kosmologie in Spätantike, Mittelalter und Renaissance: Plato's Timaeus and the foundations of cosmology in Late ... Philosophy. De Wulf-mansion Centre, Band 34) - Hardcover

 
9789058675064: Platons Timaios als Grundtext der Kosmologie in Spätantike, Mittelalter und Renaissance: Plato's Timaeus and the foundations of cosmology in Late ... Philosophy. De Wulf-mansion Centre, Band 34)
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ISBN 10: 9058675068 ISBN 13: 9789058675064
Verlag: Leuven University Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

The particular focus of this volume is a study of the influence of Timaeus on the development of Western cosmology in three axial periods of European culture: Late Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance. In each period, the Timaeus was read in a different context and from different perspectives. During the Middle Ages, scholars were mostly interested in reconciling the rational cosmology of the Timaeus with the Christian understanding of creation. In Late Antiquity, the concordance of Plato with Aristotle was considered the most important issue, whereas in early modern times, the confrontation with the new mathematical physics offered possibilities for a fresh assessment of Plato's explanation of the cosmos. The present volume has three sections corresponding to these three periods of interpreting the Timaeus, each sectionis introduced by a synthesis of the main issues at discussion. This 'epochal' approach gives this volume its particular character.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Carlos Steel is emeritus professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at KU Leuven and director of the “Aristoteles Latinus” project.

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The particular focus of this volume is a study of the influence of Timaeus on the development of Western cosmology in three axial periods of European culture: Late Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance. In each period, the Timaeus was read in a different context and from different perspectives. During the Middle Ages, scholars were mostly interested in reconciling the rational cosmology of the Timaeus with the Christian understanding of creation. In Late Antiquity, the concordance of Plato with Aristotle was considered the most important issue, whereas in early modern times, the confrontation with the new mathematical physics offered possibilities for a fresh assessment of Plato's explanation of the cosmos. The present volume has three sections corresponding to these three periods of interpreting the Timaeus, each sectionis introduced by a synthesis of the main issues at discussion. This 'epochal' approach gives this volume its particular character.

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Verlag
Leuven University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9058675068
ISBN 13 
9789058675064
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
518
Herausgeber
Leinkauf Thomas, Steel Carlos
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