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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460316703321

Autore

Martijn Marije

Titolo

Proclus on nature [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy of nature and its methods in Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus / / by Marije Martijn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2010

ISBN

1-282-95234-X

9786612952340

90-04-19325-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Philosophia antiqua : a series of studies on ancient philosophy, , 0079-1687 ; ; v. 121

Disciplina

113

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Leiden University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / M. Martijn -- Chapter One. Introduction / M. Martijn -- Chapter Two. Platonic ΦΥΣΙΣ According To Proclus / M. Martijn -- Chapter Three. The Prooemium: The Geometrical Method Of Physiologia / M. Martijn -- Chapter Four. After The Prooemium: Mathematics, The Senses, And Life / M. Martijn -- Chapter Five. Discourse And Reality: The ΕΙΚΩΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ / M. Martijn -- Chapter Six. Conclusion / M. Martijn -- Bibliography / M. Martijn -- Index Rerum / M. Martijn -- Index Locorum / M. Martijn.

Sommario/riassunto

Of Proclus’ immense philosophical system, the part concerning the natural world may well be the most fascinating. Traditional scholarship tends to downplay that part of Neoplatonism, in favour of idealism, but recently this attitude is changing. This study contributes to that development by showing how Proclus’ natural philosophy relates to theology, while remaining a science in its own right. Starting from his Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus, it presents a revision of Proclus’ metaphysics of nature and provides new insight into his surprisingly peripatetic philosophy of science, the role of mathematics, and the nature of discourse in natural philosophy. This book will be of interest both to students of the Platonic tradition, and to historians of natural



science, metaphysics and epistemology.