Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)
A Commentary
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 10 March 2022
- ISBN 9781108819855
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages258 pages
- Size 228x152x14 mm
- Weight 350 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 b/w illus. 2 maps 295
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Short description:
De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy offering a unique view of God and the cosmos, inspired by Aristotle.
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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.
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1. Introduction Pavel Gregori&&&263; and George Karamanolis; 2. On philosophy and its proper subject (Chapter 1) George Karamanolis; 3. The heavenly sphere (Chapter 2, 391b9-392a31) Karel Thein; 4. The sublunary domain (Chapters 2-3, 392a31-393a8) Jakub Jirsa; 5. Geography (Chapter 3, 392a31-393a8) Irene Paj&&&243;n Leyra and Hynek Barto&&&353;; 6. Meteorology (Chapter 4) Istv&&&225;n Baksa; 7. The eternity of the cosmos (Chapter 5) Pavel Gregori&&&263;; 8. God's relation to the cosmos (Chapter 6) G&&&225;bor Betegh and Pavel Gregori&&&263;; 9. God's many names (Chapter 7) Vojt&&&283;ch Hladk&&&253;.
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