The metaphysics of light in hexaemeral literature : from Philo of Alexandria to Gregory of Nyssa /
"This work rethinks critically what (we think) we know about the nature of light in the ancient sources. It contests the prevalent view in the history of optics that premodernity theorized light as subordinate to sight ('oculocentrism') by examining in depth the contrary textual evide...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford early Christian studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- What do we mean when we speak of the 'metaphysics of light'?
- What this book aims to achieve
- Old wine in new skins: from light language to the concept of light. Boyancé's challenge ; A challenge still not met ; The need for a fresh start
- 'From sight to light': a hexaemeral guide for the perplexed. The intelligibility of hexaemeral light ; The oculocentric thesis ; Three arguments for oculocentrism in the hexaemeral literature ; Rethinking oculocentrism
- The light of the world: hexaemeral physics and anti-physics. Science at the service of scripture ; In defence of hexaemeral physics
- Enter light
- The nature of light: the dawn of the first material form. Between physics and metaphysics: the 'immateriality' of light ; Going ballistic: the singularity of the light ray ; The metaxu of light: a metaphysical note on the medium ; The metaphysics of light: a hermeneutical code
- Conclusions
- Appendices. A. Response to a critic, or what is the history of optics really about? ; B. What is the colour of light? ; C. 'Light from light', or what is the meaning of Doxa and Apaugasma?.