Proclus: On Providence
'The universe is, as it were, one machine, wherein the celestial spheres are analogous to the interlocking wheels and the particular beings are like the things moved by the wheels' and all events are determined by an inescapable necessity. To speak of free choice or self determination is only an illusion we human beings cherish. Thus writes Theodore the engineer to his old friend Proclus. Proclus' reply is one of the most remarkable discussions on fate, providence and free choice in Late Antiquity. It continues a long debate that had started with the first polemics of the Platonists against the Stoic doctrine of determinism. How can there be…
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Weitere Autoren: Steel, Carlos (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-0147-9
- EAN: 9781472501479
- Produktnummer: 17035807
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 908 KB
Über den Autor
Jan Opsomer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA. Carlos Steel is Professor of Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and was for 10 years President of the Higher Institute of Philosophy at Leuven
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