Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos) - A Commentary (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Pavel Gregoric • George Karamanolis
Dimensions:	150 x 230 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-83478-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General
LSN:	1-108-83478-7
Barcode:	9781108834780

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