Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | De mundo
On the cosmos
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| Other authors / contributors: | Gregoric, Pavel, 1972- editor.
Karamanolis, George, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9781108834780
1108834787
9781108876964
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
English text, partially translated from the Ancient Greek.
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| Summary: | "De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy in the form of a letter to Alexander the Great and is traditionally ascribed to Aristotle. It offers a unique view of the cosmos, God and their relationship, which was inspired by Aristotle but written by a later author. The author provides an outline of cosmology, geography and meteorology, only to argue that a full understanding of the cosmos cannot be achieved without a proper grasp of God as its ultimate cause. To ensure such a grasp, the author provides a series of twelve carefully chosen interlocking analogies, building a complex picture in the reader's mind. The work develops a distinctly Aristotelian picture of God and the cosmos while paying tribute to pre-Aristotelian philosophers and avoiding open criticism of rival schools of philosophy. De mundo exercised considerable influence in late antiquity and then in the Renaissance and Early Modern times"--
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| Other form: | Online version: Pseudo-Aristotle Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021. 9781108876964
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