Pseudo-Aristotle : De mundo (On the cosmos) : a commentary / edited by Pavel Gregorić, Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia, George Karamanolis, Universität Wien, Austria.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

xi, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

English text, partially translated from the Ancient Greek.

"De mundo is a protreptic to philosophy in the form of a letter to Alexander the Great and is traditionally ascribed to Aristotle. It offers a unique view of the cosmos, God and their relationship, which was inspired by Aristotle but written by a later author. The author provides an outline of cosmology, geography and meteorology, only to argue that a full understanding of the cosmos cannot be achieved without a proper grasp of God as its ultimate cause. To ensure such a grasp, the author provides a series of twelve carefully chosen interlocking analogies, building a complex picture in the reader's mind. The work develops a distinctly Aristotelian picture of God and the cosmos while paying tribute to pre-Aristotelian philosophers and avoiding open criticism of rival schools of philosophy. De mundo exercised considerable influence in late antiquity and then in the Renaissance and Early Modern times"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Pseudo-Aristotle Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

English; Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

November 24, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and index.