Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)

Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 259
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781108890243
ISBN-13 : 1108890245
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos) by : Pavel Gregorić

Download or read book Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos) written by Pavel Gregorić and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos) Related Books

Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Pavel Gregorić
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-17 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Cosmic Order and Divine Power
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Johan C. Thom
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-18 - Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The treatise De mundo offers a cosmology in the Peripatetic tradition which subordinates what happens in the cosmos to the might of an omnipotent god. Thus the
Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Pavel Gregorić
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-17 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy offering a unique view of God and the cosmos, inspired by Aristotle.
World Soul – Anima Mundi
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Christoph Helmig
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-20 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From Plato’s Timaeus onwards, the world or cosmos has been conceived of as a living, rational organism. Most notably in German Idealism, philosophers still ta
Aristotle on Matter, Form, and Moving Causes
Language: en
Pages: 251
Authors: Devin Henry
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Examines Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.