Proclus on Aristotle on Plato - A Case Study on Motion

"Refutes the often-held view that Proclus - in line with other Neoplatonists - adheres to the idea of an essential harmony between Plato and Aristotle. Enables a reassessment of the reception and authority of Aristotle in late antiquity, a crucial period for the transmission of Aristotelian thought"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Context and the Project of Proclus' Elements of Physics; 2. The Relationship of Unmoved Mover and Self-Mover; 3. Soul's Self-Motion and Immortality; 4. The Causality of the Unmoved Mover; Conclusion.

About the author

RARE¿ ILIE MARINESCU is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics (Ancient Philosophy) at the University of Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Rareș Ilie Marinescu, Rares Ilie (University of Toronto) Marinescu
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009527620
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0952762-0
• No. of pages: 257
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE, 5th century, c 400 to c 499