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Damascius' Philosophy of Time
Taschenbuch von Pantelis Golitsis
Sprache: Englisch

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The late Platonist philosopher Damascius both reassumed and rejuvenated the rich and long-established Greek thinking about time. In distinguishing between different perceptions of time, by Plato, Aristotle and his Neoplatonist predecessors, Damascius offered novel perspectives, which can be seen as anticipating modern and contemporary theories of time, such as McTaggart's series and presentism. 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 - as it happens with us human beings - and how this relates to stillness, temporality and temporalization. Time is interpreted by Damascius not merely as a concomitant of the celestial motions, nor as an abstract entity existing in the human soul, but as a power of ordering, which is active at different levels. Damascius' time comprises the biological and the historical time but is also the time that pertains to the essence and the activity of heaven, in which there is neither past nor future. The present book explores the richness of Damascius' thought by going into the fundamental concepts of his philosophy of time: the indivisible now and the present time, the flowing now and the non-flowing now, the flowing time and the whole of time, in which past, present and future coincide. Damascius fully developed his thoughts about time in his treatise On Time, which is lost. The preserved fragments of this treatise are translated and annotated in an Appendix.
The late Platonist philosopher Damascius both reassumed and rejuvenated the rich and long-established Greek thinking about time. In distinguishing between different perceptions of time, by Plato, Aristotle and his Neoplatonist predecessors, Damascius offered novel perspectives, which can be seen as anticipating modern and contemporary theories of time, such as McTaggart's series and presentism. 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 - as it happens with us human beings - and how this relates to stillness, temporality and temporalization. Time is interpreted by Damascius not merely as a concomitant of the celestial motions, nor as an abstract entity existing in the human soul, but as a power of ordering, which is active at different levels. Damascius' time comprises the biological and the historical time but is also the time that pertains to the essence and the activity of heaven, in which there is neither past nor future. The present book explores the richness of Damascius' thought by going into the fundamental concepts of his philosophy of time: the indivisible now and the present time, the flowing now and the non-flowing now, the flowing time and the whole of time, in which past, present and future coincide. Damascius fully developed his thoughts about time in his treatise On Time, which is lost. The preserved fragments of this treatise are translated and annotated in an Appendix.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: VIII
120 S.
ISBN-13: 9783111053189
ISBN-10: 3111053180
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur
Autor: Golitsis, Pantelis
Hersteller: De Gruyter
Einstein Center Chronoi
Maße: 8 x 155 x 230 mm
Von/Mit: Pantelis Golitsis
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,208 kg
Artikel-ID: 126178135
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Altertum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: VIII
120 S.
ISBN-13: 9783111053189
ISBN-10: 3111053180
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur
Autor: Golitsis, Pantelis
Hersteller: De Gruyter
Einstein Center Chronoi
Maße: 8 x 155 x 230 mm
Von/Mit: Pantelis Golitsis
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.06.2023
Gewicht: 0,208 kg
Artikel-ID: 126178135
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