Isbn: 9781108819855 - pseudo-aristotle: de mundo (on the cosmos): de mundo (on the cosmos): a commentary (6 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy in the form of a letter to Alexander the Great and is traditionally ascribed to Aristotle. It offers a unique view of the cosmos, God and their relationship, which was inspired by Aristotle but written by a later author. The author provides an outline of cosmology, geography and meteorology, only to argue that a full understanding of the cosmos cannot be achieved without a proper grasp of God as its ultimate cause. To ensure such a grasp, the author provides a series of twelve carefully chosen interlocking analogies, building a complex picture in the reader's mind. The work develops a distinctly Aristotelian picture of God and the cosmos while paying tribute to pre-Aristotelian philosophers and avoiding open criticism of rival schools of philosophy. De mundo exercised considerable influence in late antiquity and then in the Renaissance and Early Modern times.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy and a work of both cosmology and theology, inspired by Aristotle. It is unique in presenting both a scientific explanation of the universe and a philosophical account focusing on the supreme cause of the universe s coh.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos) | A Commentary | George Karamanolis (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2022 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9781108819855 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…