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Time, creation and the continuum : theories in Antiquity and the early Middle Ages / Richard Sorabji
Ouvrage
Publication: London : Duckworth, cop. 1983 Description: 1 vol. (XVIII-473 p.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0715616935 ; 9780226768229 ; 0226768228.Langue: Anglais ; de résumé, Anglais Auteur principal: Sorabji, Richard, 1934-.... Résumé: Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, exploring fundamenta l questions about its nature: Is it real or an aspect of consciousness? Did it begin along with the universe? Can anything escape from it? Does it come in atomic chunks? In addressing these and myriad other issues, Sorabji engages in an illuminating discussion of early thought about time, ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Islamic, Christian, and Jewish medieval thinkers. Sorabji argues that the thought of these often negelected philosophers about the subject is, in many cases, more complete than that of their more recent counterparts..Mots libres: création . Item type: Ouvrage

Bibliogr. p. 425-449. Notes. Index p. 450-473

Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, exploring fundamenta l questions about its nature: Is it real or an aspect of consciousness? Did it begin along with the universe? Can anything escape from it? Does it come in atomic chunks? In addressing these and myriad other issues, Sorabji engages in an illuminating discussion of early thought about time, ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Islamic, Christian, and Jewish medieval thinkers. Sorabji argues that the thought of these often negelected philosophers about the subject is, in many cases, more complete than that of their more recent counterparts.

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