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Cargando... The Philosophy of the Commentators, 200-600 AD, A Sourcebook: Psychology (with Ethics and Religion)por Richard Sorabji
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is a collection of (short) passages written by philosophical commentators in late antiquity, such as Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus and many more. The works which they comment upon are of course those of Plato and Aristotle. The book is organized by topic, often starting with a short quotation from Plato or Aristotle followed by a series of commentator texts on the same topic. I think this works quite well, the texts are well translated, they're not very difficult and the book can be used also for referencing specific platonic or aristotelian topics if you're not interested in the details of every obscure problem. Personally I thought it was interesting to see how many links there are between neoplatonic thought and early christian theology. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This is the first work to draw on the four hundred years of transition from ancient Greek philosophy to the medieval philosophy of Islam and the West. During this period, philosophy was often written in the form of commentaries on the works of Plato and Aristotle. Many ideas wrongly credited to the Middle Ages derive from these centuries, such as that of impetus in dynamics and intentional objects in philosophy of mind. The later Neoplatonist commentators fought a losing battle with Christianity, but inadvertently made Aristotle acceptable to Christians by ascribing to him belief in a Creator God and human immortality. The commentators provide a panorama of up to a thousand years of Greek philosophy, much of which would otherwise be lost. They also serve as the missing link essential for understanding the subsequent history of Western philosophy. Volume 1 of this indispensable sourcebook deals with psychology, which for the Neoplatonist commentators was the gateway to metaphysics and theology. It was the subject on which Plato and Aristotle disagreed most, and on which the commentators went furthest beyond them in their search for synthesis. Ethics and religious practice fall naturally under psychology and are included in this volume. All sources appear in English translation and are carefully linked and cross-referenced by editorial comment and explanation. Bibliographies are provided throughout. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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