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Proclus on the transition from metaphysical being to natural becoming: A new reading of the Platonic theory of Forms

Proclus on the transition from metaphysical being to natural becoming: A new reading of the Platonic theory of Forms

Terezis, Christos
Tempelis, Elias

Hardcover

Series: Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity, Book 23

PhilosophyFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1463206925
ISBN13: 9781463206925
Publisher: Gorgias Pr Llc
Published: Oct 3 2017
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This volume examines the historical end of the Platonic tradition in relation to creation theories of the natural world through the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus' (412-485) elaboration of an investigation of Plato's theory of metaphysical archetypal Forms.

Proclus proceeds to a systematic construction of this theory and grounds it in ontological monism. He presents the Forms as constructing, through their combinations, the presuppositions for the creation of the natural world, in such a way that it functions in an orderly and harmonious way, showing the natural world is not produced by chance or means of automatizations, but on the basis of a teleological planning. This volume also reflects Proclus' dealing with the topics of objective reality and the nature of the universals.

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