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

A Commentary

Pavel Gregori?,George Karamanolis

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Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)

A Commentary

Pavel Gregori?,George Karamanolis

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About This Book

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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781108883177
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction
  11. Chapter 2 On Philosophy and Its Proper Subject (Chapter 1)
  12. Chapter 3 The Heavenly Sphere (Chapter 2, 391b9–392a31)
  13. Chapter 4 The Sublunary Domain (Chapters 2–3, 392a31–393a8)
  14. Chapter 5 Geography (Chapter 3, 393a9–394a6)
  15. Chapter 6 Meteorology (Chapter 4)
  16. Chapter 7 The Eternity of the Cosmos (Chapter 5)
  17. Chapter 8 God’s Relation to the Cosmos (Chapter 6)
  18. Chapter 9 God’s Many Names (Chapter 7)
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index