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: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2023
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Series: | CHRONOI
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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 electronic resource (120 p.) |
ISBN: | 9783111053219 9783111053189 9783111053301 |
Access: | Open Access |