Proclus on nature : philosophy of nature and its methods in Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus /
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| Author / Creator: | Martijn, Marije. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2010. |
| Description: | viii, 360 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 121 Philosophia antiqua ; v. 121. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8005021 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1. Preliminaries
- 2. Philosophy of nature as theology
- 3. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿-the prooemium of the Timaeus
- Chapter 2. Platonic ¿¿¿¿¿ according to Proclus
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The essence of nature
- 3. Nature, soul, and the natural
- 4. The ontological level of Nature
- 5. Nature's working
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. The prooemium: the geometrical method of physiologia
- 1. Introduction-¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, and the geometrical method of the Timaeus
- 2. The constituents of the geometrical method in the prooemium
- 3. After the starting points-Proclus takes stock
- 4. In conclusion
- Chapter 4. After the prooemium: mathematics, the senses, and life
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Book III: Intermediate Philosophy of Nature and mathematics
- 3. Books IV and V: Lower Philosophy of Nature, the Senses, and Life
- 4. General conclusion
- 5. Appendix: The Elements of Physics
- Chapter 5. Discourse and Reality: The ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ today-a selection
- 3. Proclus on the ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿: preliminaries
- 4. The nature of the ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿: resemblance
- 5. Unlikeness
- 6. A true and likely story
- 7. The practice of discourse: assimilation
- 8. In conclusion: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ as scientific mimesis
- Chapter 6. Conclusion
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Chapter II: Nature
- 3. Chapter III: Theological philosophy of nature
- 4. Chapter IV: Mathematical, empirical, biological philosophy of nature
- 5. Chapter V: The likely story
- Bibliography
- Index rerum
- Index locorum