Cosmic And Meta Cosmic Theology In Aristotle S Lost Dialogues
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Cosmic and Meta Cosmic Theology in Aristotle s Lost Dialogues
Author | : A. P. Bos |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004091556 |
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Aristotle on God s Life Generating Power and on Pneuma as Its Vehicle
Author | : Abraham P. Bos |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2018-02-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781438468310 |
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Proposes an innovative rethinking of Aristotle’s work as a system that integrates his theology with his doctrine of reproduction and life. In this deep rethinking of Aristotle’s work, Abraham P. Bos argues that scholarship on Aristotle’s philosophy has erred since antiquity in denying the connection between his theology and his doctrine of reproduction and life in the earthly sphere. Beginning with an analysis of God’s role in the Aristotelian system, Bos explores how this relates to other elements of his philosophy, especially to his theory of reproduction. The argument he develops is that in talking about the cosmos, Aristotle rejected Plato’s metaphor of artisanal production by a divine Demiurge in favor of a biotic metaphor based on the transmission of life in reproduction, in which pneuma—not breath as it is often interpreted but the life-bearing spirit in animals and plants—plays a key and sustaining role as the vital principle in all that lives. In making this case, he defends the authenticity of the treatises De Mundo and De Spiritu as Aristotle’s, and demonstrates Aristotle’s works as a unified system that sharply and comprehensively refutes Plato’s, and in particular replaces Plato’s doctrine of the soul with a theory in which the soul is clearly distinguished from the intellect. Abraham P. Bos is Professor Emeritus of Ancient and Patristic Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His books include Aristotle, On the Life-Bearing Spirit (De Spiritu): A Discussion with Plato and His Predecessors on Pneuma as the Instrumental Body of the Soul; The Soul and Its Instrumental Body: A Reinterpretation of Aristotle’s Philosophy of Living Nature; and Cosmic and Meta-cosmic Theology in Aristotle’s Lost Dialogues.
Aristotle on God s Life Generating Power and on Pneuma as Its Vehicle
Author | : Abraham P. Bos |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2018-02-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781438468297 |
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Proposes an innovative rethinking of Aristotles work as a system that integrates his theology with his doctrine of reproduction and life. In this deep rethinking of Aristotles work, Abraham P. Bos argues that scholarship on Aristotles philosophy has erred since antiquity in denying the connection between his theology and his doctrine of reproduction and life in the earthly sphere. Beginning with an analysis of Gods role in the Aristotelian system, Bos explores how this relates to other elements of his philosophy, especially to his theory of reproduction. The argument he develops is that in talking about the cosmos, Aristotle rejected Platos metaphor of artisanal production by a divine Demiurge in favor of a biotic metaphor based on the transmission of life in reproduction, in which pneumanot breath as it is often interpreted but the life-bearing spirit in animals and plantsplays a key and sustaining role as the vital principle in all that lives. In making this case, he defends the authenticity of the treatises De Mundo and De Spiritu as Aristotles, and demonstrates Aristotles works as a unified system that sharply and comprehensively refutes Platos, and in particular replaces Platos doctrine of the soul with a theory in which the soul is clearly distinguished from the intellect. Bos offers a fresh, interesting, and important perspective. His interpretation will be very controversial, but if he is right, the standard Anglo-American interpretation of Aristotle will have to change radically. Malcolm Wilson, author of Structure and Method in Aristotles Meteorologica: A More Disorderly Nature
Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy
Author | : Vilius Bartninkas |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2023-04-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781009322621 |
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This book sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods. A close reading of the later dialogues shows that the two families of gods are routinely deployed to organise and structure Plato's accounts of the origins of the universe and of humanity and its social institutions, and to illuminate the moral and political ideals of philosophical utopias. Vilius Bartninkas argues that the presence of the two kinds of gods creates a dynamic, yet productive, tension in Plato's thinking which is unmistakable and which is not resolved until the works of his students. Thus the book closes by exploring how the cosmological and religious ideas of Plato's later dialogues resurfaced in the Early Academy and how the debates initiated there ultimately led to the collapse of this theological distinction.
Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity
Author | : Fernando Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta,Israel Mu Oz Gallarte |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9789004234741 |
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Either as insider or as sensitive observer, Plutarch provides us with exceptional evidence to reconstruct the spiritual and intellectual atmosphere of the first centuries CE. This collection of articles sheds important light on the religious and philosophical discourse of Late Antiquity.
The Soul and Its Instrumental Body
Author | : A. P. Bos |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9004130160 |
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Aristotle's definition of the soul should be interpreted as: 'the soul is the entelechy of a natural body that serves as its instrument'. The theory of a fine-corporeal body makes it much easier to understand Aristotle's position between Plato and the Stoics . This correction puts paid to all theories about a development in Aristotle's thought.
Hellenization Revisited
Author | : Institute for Christian Studies |
Publsiher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0819195448 |
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This volume focuses on the role of Judaism, particularly that of Philo, and of Gnosticism, as two important forces shaping the response of early Christianity to the Hellenistic Greco-Roman culture of its time. The sections which examine Hellenistic Judaism investigate themes from Greek philosophy, like 'reason controlling the passions, ' which are also crucial in shaping Philo's perception of the feminine. The manner in which Jewish authors of this period attempt to synthesize Old Testament with Greek philosophical themes like creation/cosmology receives specific treatment. Essays dealing with Gnosticism re-examine themes from Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle in Gnostic documents, but also look at the role of Hellenistic Judaism with its interests in Sophia. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies
Revisiting Aristotle s Fragments
Author | : António Pedro Mesquita,Simon Noriega-Olmos,Christopher John Ignatius Shields |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2020-09-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9783110679847 |
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The philosophical and philological study of Aristotle fragments and lost works has fallen somewhat into the background since the 1960’s. This is regrettable considering the different and innovative directions the study of Aristotle has taken in the last decades. This collection of new peer-reviewed essays applies the latest developments and trends of analysis, criticism, and methodology to the study of Aristotle’s fragments. The individual essays use the fragments as tools of interpretation, shed new light on different areas of Aristotle philosophy, and lay bridges between Aristotle’s lost and extant works. The first part shows how Aristotle frames parts of his own understanding of Philosophy in his published, 'popular' work. The second part deals with issues of philosophical interpretation in Aristotle’s extant works which can be illuminated by fragments of his lost works. The philosophical issues treated in this section range from Theology to Natural Science, Psychology, Politics, and Poetics. As a whole, the book articulates a new approach to Aristotle’s lost works, by providing a reassessment and new methodological explorations of the fragments.