Against Proclus' "on the Eternity of the World 1-5" (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle). Translated by Michael Share.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Buchr�cken stark ausgeblichen, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / Spine heavily faded, otherwise perfect condition - One of the most interesting of all postAristotelian Greek philosophical texts, Against Proclus� On the Eternity of the World was written at a crucial moment in the defeat of paganism by Christianity, ad 529, when the Emperor Justinian closed the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens. -- Philoponus in Alexandria was a brilliant Christian philosopher, steeped in Neoplatonism, who turned the pagans� ideas against them. Here he attacks the most devout of the earlier Athenian pagan philosophers, Proclus, defending the distinctively Christian view that the universe had a beginning against Proclus� eighteen arguments to the contrary, which are discussed in eighteen chapters. Chapters 1-5 are translated here; chapters 6-8 appear in an accompanying volume, and two further volumes covering chapters 9-18 will appear in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series in the future. ISBN 9780801442148