Time, Creation and the Continuum

Theories in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10694783
AutoresR M Dancy (autor de correspondencia), Richard Sorabji (0000-0002-0140-2971)
Año1986
Volumen95
Número2
Páginas290
Fecha de publicación1986-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Philosophical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2185603
OpenAlexW2043548455
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19

Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, exploring fundamental 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 neglected philosophers about the subject is, in many cases, more complete than that of their more recent counterparts

Ancient history · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · General interest · Middle Ages · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy