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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Other Authors: Thom, Johan C. (Editor), Thom, Johan C. editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck 2014
2014.
Edition:1. Aufl
Series:Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia 13
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432222406719
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
ISBN:9783161564321