Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos) : A Commentary Hardback
Edited by Pavel Gregoric, George (Universitat Wien, Austria) Karamanolis
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Maps; 1 Halftones, black and white; 7 Line drawings, blac
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/12/2020
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- ISBN:9781108834780
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Maps; 1 Halftones, black and white; 7 Line drawings, blac
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/12/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108834780
