Time and soul : from Aristotle to St. Augustine / Johannes Zachhuber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zachhuber, Johannes.

Series:

Chronoi ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Time perception.

Neoplatonism.

Physical Description:

x, 98 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Cosmic time and human awareness of time

Late ancient philosophy: schools of thought and the exegesis of classical texts

From Aristotle to St. Augustine

1. Aristotle on Time and Soul

Aristotle's philosophy of nature

Time in Aristotle's Physics

Aristotle's aporia: can time exist without soul?

2. Time and Soul in the Peripatetic Tradition

Time without soul: Boethus of Sidon

Alexander of Aphrodisias: commentator and philosopher

Alexander on Aristotle's aporia

Time and the cosmic soul

The world soul prior to Alexander

Alexander's contribution to the discussion about time and soul

3. Soul and Time in Neoplatonist Interpretations of Aristotle

Plotinus on time and soul

Plotinus on Aristotle's aporia

Simplicius' Commentary on Aristotle's Physics

Simplicius on Aristotle's aporia

4. Time and Soul in Patristic Thought

John F. Callahan and the psychological theory of time

Augustine on time as the distention of the spirit

Augustine's theory of time and the universal soul

Time and soul in Augustine: an assessment

Conclusion

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Secondary Literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [87]-93) and indexes.

ISBN:

3110692724

9783110692723

OCLC:

1304816761