Damascius' Philosophy of Time.
The late Platonist philosopher Damascius both resumed and rejuvenated the long Greek thinking about time. In distinguishing between different takes on time, he offered novel perspectives, which can be seen as anticipating modern and contemporary theories about time. The greatest merit of his philoso...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2023.
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| Series: | CHRONOI
7 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The late Platonist philosopher Damascius both resumed and rejuvenated the long Greek thinking about time. In distinguishing between different takes on time, he offered novel perspectives, which can be seen as anticipating modern and contemporary theories about time. The greatest merit of his philosophy of time, however, is his deep reflection on what it is for a living being to have its being in becoming and how this relates to temporality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (120 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783111053189 3111053180 9783111053219 3111053210 9783111053301 311105330X |