Philoponus : against Aristotle on the eternity of the world
Aristotle., Philoponus, John, Wildberg, Christian
Philoponus'' treatise Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World, an attack on Aristotle''s astronomy and theology is concerned mainly with the eternity and divinity of the fifth element, or ''quintessence'', of which Aristotle took the stars to be composed. Pagans and Christians were divided on whether the world had a beginning, and on whether a belief that the heavens were divine was a mark of religion. Philoponus claimed on behalf of Christianity that the universe was not eternal. His most spectacular arguments, where wrung paradox out of the pagan belief in an infinite past, have been.
Abstract: Philoponus' treatise Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World, an attack on Aristotle's astronomy and theology is concerned mainly with the eternity and divinity of the fifth element, or 'quintessence', of which Aristotle took the stars to be composed.
Abstract: Philoponus' treatise Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World, an attack on Aristotle's astronomy and theology is concerned mainly with the eternity and divinity of the fifth element, or 'quintessence', of which Aristotle took the stars to be composed.
კატეგორია:
წელი:
1987
გამომცემლობა:
Bristol Classical Press;Bloomsbury Academic
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
189
ISBN 10:
1780933606
ISBN 13:
9781780933603
სერია:
Ancient commentators on Aristotle
ფაილი:
PDF, 11.02 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1987