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Time's causal power : Proclus on the natural theology of time / by Antonio Vargas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophia antiqua ; 158Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]Description: vi, 231 pagine ; 25 cmContent type:
  • testo (txt)
Media type:
  • senza mediazione (n)
Carrier type:
  • volume (nc)
ISBN:
  • 9789004466678
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 115 23
LOC classification:
  • B701.Z7 V37 2021
Other classification:
  • B 108.P5A-158
Summary: "This is the first monograph dedicated entirely to Proclus' theory of time, showing the roots of his obscure claim that time is a god and a cause in his reception of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Plotinus. Proclus' theory of time appears as a natural theology, a reasoned ascent to divine principles starting from natural phenomena (in particular, from natural cycles and their synchronization). This theological approach to time develops the pioneering psychological approach of Proclus' predecessor Plotinus, anchoring time not in the world soul, but in the divine unchanging source of the world soul's life".

Include bibliografia (pagine 211-222) e indice.

"This is the first monograph dedicated entirely to Proclus' theory of time, showing the roots of his obscure claim that time is a god and a cause in his reception of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Plotinus. Proclus' theory of time appears as a natural theology, a reasoned ascent to divine principles starting from natural phenomena (in particular, from natural cycles and their synchronization). This theological approach to time develops the pioneering psychological approach of Proclus' predecessor Plotinus, anchoring time not in the world soul, but in the divine unchanging source of the world soul's life".