Time, Perpetuity and Eternity in Late Antique Platonism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23213296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niketas Siniossoglou (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-235 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | KronoScope (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1567-715X • E-ISSN: 1568-5241 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852405774858726 |
| OpenAlex | W2084345965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper focuses on the late antique conception of time, eternity and perpetual duration and examines the relation between these concepts and Plato's cosmology. By exploring the controversy between pagan philosophers (Proclus, Ammonius, Simplicius, Olympiodorus) and Christian writers (Aeneas of Gaza, Zacharias of Mytilene, Philoponus) in respect to the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus, I argue that the Neoplatonic doctrine of the perpetuity (αιδóτηζ) of the world derives from a) the intellectual paradigm presupposed by the conceptual framework of late antiquity and b) the commentators' principal concern for a coherent conception of Platonic cosmology essentially free from internal contradictions.
Ancient history · Antique · Art · Buddhism · Cosmology · Doctrine · Epistemology · Eternity · Interpretation (philosophy) · Late Antiquity · Literature · Neoplatonism · Perpetuity · Physics · Platonism · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |