Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos): A CommentaryPavel Gregorić, George Karamanolis 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. |
Contents
On Philosophy and Its Proper Subject Chapter 1 | 15 |
The Heavenly Sphere Chapter 2 391b9392a31 | 37 |
The Sublunary Domain Chapters 23 392a31393a8 jakub jirsa | 62 |
Geography Chapter 3 393a9394a6 irene pajon leyra and hynek bartoš | 80 |
Meteorology Chapter 4 istván baksa | 121 |
The Eternity of the Cosmos Chapter 5 pavel gregoric | 149 |
Gods Relation to the Cosmos Chapter 6 gábor betegh and pavel gregoric | 176 |
Gods Many Names Chapter 7 vojtech hladký | 213 |
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