Time, Creation and the Continuum

Theories in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10694783
AutoresR M Dancy (autor correspondente), Richard Sorabji (0000-0002-0140-2971)
Ano1986
Volume95
Fascículo2
Páginas290
Data de publicação1986-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Philosophical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-8108 • E-ISSN: 1558-1470
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2185603
OpenAlexW2043548455
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19

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