{"product_id":"on-the-eternity-of-the-world-de-aeternitate-mundi-hardcover","title":"On the Eternity of the World de Aeternitate Mundi - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eProclus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHelen S. Lang\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eA. D. Macro\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fifth century A.D., Proclus served as head of the Academy in Athens that had been founded 900 years earlier by Plato. Proclus was the last great systematizer of Greek philosophy, and his work exerted a powerful influence in late antiquity, in the Arab world, and in the Renaissance. His treatise\u003ci\u003e On the Eternity of the World \u003c\/i\u003eformed the basis for virtually all later arguments for the eternity of the world and for the existence of God; consequently, it lies at the heart of neoplatonic philosophy and the controversy between pagans and Christians at the end of antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProclus's eighteen Arguments were quoted within John Philoponus' polemic against him, written in the sixth century; but the opening pages of the sole extant manuscript, which contained the first Argument, have been lost. In this book, Helen Lang and A.D. Macro present the seventeen Arguments preserved by Philoponus and translate them as an independent work. The first Argument, which survives in Arabic, is also included and makes this the only complete edition of \u003ci\u003eOn the Eternity of the World\u003c\/i\u003e since antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bilingual edition comprises the seventeen Arguments (II-XVIII) in Greek and English, along with an introduction, synopses, and detailed notes which help readers with or without Greek to understand them philosophically and historically. Two appendices complete the volume: the Arabic text of the first Argument, also with English translation and notes, and the first modern edition of an important Latin translation from the Renaissance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a valuable introduction, Lang and Macro examine the complex history of these Arguments. Together with its excellent annotations, and English and Greek texts en face, the publication of Proclus's \u003ci\u003eOn the Eternity of the World\u003c\/i\u003emakes available an influential work by a major figure in the history of late Greek philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work will be indispensable for specialists in the history of Platonism and Aristotelianism in general, and Middle and Neoplatonism in particular. It will be equally indispensable for all scholars who work in Medieval Christian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy, Italian Renaissance thought, and theories of cosmology.--David Winston, Graduate Theological Union \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work makes available for the first time in English the treatise of Proclus \u003ci\u003eon the Eternity of the World \u003c\/i\u003e(which he presents in the form of a series of distinct arguments), and provides excellent annotations showing the provenance of these arguments, and their connection with other passages in Proclus, as well as an introduction providing the background to the controversy, which is a basic issue in dispute between Hellenic philosophy and Christianity.--John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this superb annotated translation, Helen Lang and A.D. Macro achieve clarity of meaning along with meticulous fidelity to Proclus's prose. Proclus's arguments for eternity of the cosmos influenced Islamic civilization, the medieval Latin West, and the Italian Renaissance. And Phiopontus's refutation of Proclus in his \u003ci\u003eDe Aeternitate Mundi contra Proclum\u003c\/i\u003e became a model for the later Christian rejection of Greek thought. This is a rich harvest of late antique thought vital for understanding the hisory of philosophy and theology in the West.--Joel L. Kraemer, John Henry Barrows Professor, The Divinity School, University of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work will be indispensable for specialists in the history of Platonism and Aristotelianism in general, and Middle and Neoplatonism in particular. It will be equally indispensable for all scholars who work in Medieval Christian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy, Italian Renaissance thought, and theories of cosmology.--David Winston, Graduate Theological Union \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This work makes available for the first time in English the treatise of Proclus \u003ci\u003eon the Eternity of the World \u003c\/i\u003e(which he presents in the form of a series of distinct arguments), and provides excellent annotations showing the provenance of these arguments, and their connection with other passages in Proclus, as well as an introduction providing the background to the controversy, which is a basic issue in dispute between Hellenic philosophy and Christianity.\"--John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this superb annotated translation, Helen Lang and A.D. Macro achieve clarity of meaning along with meticulous fidelity to Proclus's prose. Proclus's arguments for eternity of the cosmos influenced Islamic civilization, the medieval Latin West, and the Italian Renaissance. And Phiopontus's refutation of Proclus in his \u003ci\u003eDe Aeternitate Mundi contra Proclum\u003c\/i\u003e became a model for the later Christian rejection of Greek thought. This is a rich harvest of late antique thought vital for understanding the hisory of philosophy and theology in the West.\"--Joel L. Kraemer, John Henry Barrows Professor, The Divinity School, University of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen S. Lang \u003c\/b\u003eis Koeppel Professor of Classical Studies in the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College and author of \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Physics and Its Medieval Varieties \u003c\/i\u003e(1992) and \u003ci\u003eThe Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and The Elements\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). \u003cb\u003eA. D. Macro\u003c\/b\u003e is Hobart Professor of Classical Languages in the Department of Classics at Trinity College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 201\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.33 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424634626150,"sku":"9780520225541","price":136.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WFRFZ0hweW1zS3BpRG5QQ2c2MnhSUT09.webp?v=1775599260","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/on-the-eternity-of-the-world-de-aeternitate-mundi-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}