Cosmic order and divine power Pseudo-Aristotle, On the cosmos
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 work is paradigmatic for the philosophical and religious concepts of the early imperial age, which offer points of contact with nascent Chri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tübingen
Mohr Siebeck
[2014]©2014, 2014
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| Series: | Sapere
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 work is paradigmatic for the philosophical and religious concepts of the early imperial age, which offer points of contact with nascent Christianity |
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| Item Description: | Attribution of De mundo to Aristotle is disputed |
| Physical Description: | x, 230 pages illustrations |