| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
English text, partially translated from the Ancient Greek |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 31, 2020) |
| Subject |
Aristotle. Mundo
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Cosmology, Ancient.
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Cosmology, Ancient
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gregoric, Pavel, 1972- editor.
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Karamanolis, George, editor
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Aristotle.
Mundo
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Aristotle.
Mundo. English
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| ISBN |
9781108876964 |
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110887696X |
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1108883176 |
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9781108883177 |
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