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Cosmic order and divine power : Pseudo-Aristotle, On the cosmos / introduction, text, translation and interpretative essays by Johan C. Thom [and 7 others] ; edited by Johan C. Thom

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Pseudo-Aristotle, On the cosmos
Published
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Thom, Johan Carl, 1954-, Aristotle, and Aristotle
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Language Note
Includes text of De mundo (pages 20-57) in original Greek with English translation on facing pages.
Restrictions on Access
Open Access Unrestricted online access
Contents
Text, translation and notes / Johan C. Thom -- Didactic purpose and discursive strategies in On the cosmos / Clive Chandler -- The geography of De mundo / Renate Burri -- The cosmotheology of De mundo / Johan C. Thom -- The reception of On the cosmos in ancient pagan philosophy / Andrew Smith -- The concepts of __ and __ in De mundo and their parallels in Hellenistic-Jewish and Christian texts / Anna Tzvetkova-Glaser -- Syriac and Arabic transmission of On the cosmos / Hidemi Takahashi -- Possible echoes of De mundo in the Arabic-Islamic world : Christian, Islamic, and Jewish thinkers / Hans Daiber -- Disputes over the authorship of De mundo between humanism and Altertumswissenschaft / Jill Kraye.
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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9783161564321 (electronic bk.)
3161564324 (electronic bk.)
9783161528095 (electronic bk.)
3161528093 (electronic bk.)
Note
Attribution of De mundo to Aristotle is disputed.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and indexes.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
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