Pseudo Aristotle De Mundo On The Cosmos
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Pseudo-Aristotle: De Mundo (On the Cosmos)
Author | : Pavel Gregorić |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2020-12-17 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108890245 |
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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.