Proclus on Whole and Part: A Reappraisal of Mereology in Neoplatonic Metaphysics /
Oosthou, Arthur,
Proclus on Whole and Part: A Reappraisal of Mereology in Neoplatonic Metaphysics / Arthur Oosthou. - 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations. - Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Philosophia Antiqua ; 172 . - Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Philosophia Antiqua ; 172. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 1 The Mereological Question -- Chapter 2 Mereology 101 / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 2 The Central Tenets of Proclean Mereology -- Chapter 3 Quantity versus Complexity / Arthur Oosthout -- Chapter 4 A Wholesome Trinity / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 3 Part and Whole in Proclus’ Theology and Cosmology -- Chapter 5 Dividing the Indivisible / Arthur Oosthout -- Chapter 6 Uniting the Imperfect / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 4 Bringing the Parts Together -- Chapter 7 The Best Kind of Whole (for a Neoplatonist) / Arthur Oosthout -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Arthur Oosthout.
No late ancient philosopher has written more extensively on part-whole relations than the Neoplatonic commentator Proclus. In Proclus on Whole and Part , Arthur Oosthout unfolds, for the first time, Proclus’ detailed and systematic analysis of (Neo-)Platonic mereology in full. Oosthout weaves together a great number of previously disconnected scholarly inquiries into Proclus, while adding many critical notes and new insights of his own. He bases this new synthesis on a detailed theoretical framework built not only on the metaphysical theories of Plato and Aristotle, but also on the arguments of prominent scholars of modern mereology.
English
9789004721760
10.1163/9789004721760 DOI
2024049628
Neoplatonism.
Whole and parts (Philosophy)
BD396
111/.82
Proclus on Whole and Part: A Reappraisal of Mereology in Neoplatonic Metaphysics / Arthur Oosthou. - 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations. - Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025 Philosophia Antiqua ; 172 . - Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025. Philosophia Antiqua ; 172. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 1 The Mereological Question -- Chapter 2 Mereology 101 / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 2 The Central Tenets of Proclean Mereology -- Chapter 3 Quantity versus Complexity / Arthur Oosthout -- Chapter 4 A Wholesome Trinity / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 3 Part and Whole in Proclus’ Theology and Cosmology -- Chapter 5 Dividing the Indivisible / Arthur Oosthout -- Chapter 6 Uniting the Imperfect / Arthur Oosthout -- Part 4 Bringing the Parts Together -- Chapter 7 The Best Kind of Whole (for a Neoplatonist) / Arthur Oosthout -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Arthur Oosthout.
No late ancient philosopher has written more extensively on part-whole relations than the Neoplatonic commentator Proclus. In Proclus on Whole and Part , Arthur Oosthout unfolds, for the first time, Proclus’ detailed and systematic analysis of (Neo-)Platonic mereology in full. Oosthout weaves together a great number of previously disconnected scholarly inquiries into Proclus, while adding many critical notes and new insights of his own. He bases this new synthesis on a detailed theoretical framework built not only on the metaphysical theories of Plato and Aristotle, but also on the arguments of prominent scholars of modern mereology.
English
9789004721760
10.1163/9789004721760 DOI
2024049628
Neoplatonism.
Whole and parts (Philosophy)
BD396
111/.82