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Author:   James Wilberding (Ruhr University, Bochum) ,  Christoph Horn (University of Bonn)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.556kg
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9780199693719

ISBN 10:   0199693714
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: James Wilberding and Christoph Horn: Introduction Part I: The General Metaphysics of Nature 2: Lloyd P. Gerson: Plotinus on Logos 3: Andrew Smith: The Significance of 'Physics' in Porphyry: The Problem of Body and Matter 4: Stephen Menn: Self-Motion and Reflection: Hermias and Proclus on the Harmony of Plato and Aristotle on the Soul 5: Alain Lernould: Nature in Proclus: From Irrational Immanent Principle to Goddess 6: Christia Mercer: Platonism in Early Modern Natural Philosophy: The Case of Leibniz and Conway Part II: Platonic Approaches to Individual Sciences 7: Ian Mueller: Aristotelian Objections and Post-Aristotelian Responses to Plato's Elemental Theory 8: Jan Opsomer: In Defence of Geometric Atomism: Explaining Elemental Properties 9: Carlos Steel: Plato's Geography: Damascius' Interpretation of the Phaedo Myth 10: James Wilberding: Neoplatonists on 'Spontaneous' Generation 11: Christoph Horn: Aspects of Biology in Plotinus Bibliography Index Locorum Subject Index

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Wilberding and Horn's volume is a welcome and important contribution to a largely under--researched field... It covers a wide range of late ancient Neoplatonists and is more unified, both thematically and stylistically, than typical conference proceedings. --Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science

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James Wilberding is Professor in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. His publications include Plotinus' Cosmology (OUP, 2006), Philoponus: On the Eternity of the World Books 12-18 (Cornell and Duckworth, 2006), and Porphyry: To Gaurus on How Embryos are Ensouled and On What Is in Our Power (Cornell and Duckworth, 2011). Christoph Horn is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn, Germany. He works on various aspects of ancient philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine) as well as modern moral and political thought. His monographs include Plotin über Sein, Zahl und Einheit (Teubner, 1995); Augustinus (Beck, 1995); Antike Lebenskunst (Beck, 1998); and Politische Philosophie (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2003); and he has edited numerous volumes including Augustinus. De civitate dei (Akademie Verlag, 1997); (with Ch. Rapp) Wörterbuch der antiken Philosophie (Beck, 2002); (with A. Neschke) Politischer Aristotelismus. Die Rezeption der aristotelischen, Politik' von der Antike bis zum 19. Jahrhundert (Metzler 2008); (with J. Müller and J. Söder) Platon-Handbuch. Leben--Werk--Wirkung (Metzler, 2009); and (with G. Löhrer) Gründe und Zwecke--Texte zur aktuellen Handlungstheorie (Suhrkamp, 2010).

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