History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 098 - For a Limited Time Only - John Philoponus
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Oct 14, 2012 AI Snips
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Classical Commitment To An Eternal Cosmos
- Aristotle held the universe has existed infinitely into the past and will never cease to exist.
- Neo-Platonists largely accepted this eternity as compatible with Plato and Aristotle's causes.
Philoponus Versus Proclus In 529
- In 529 John Philoponus wrote Against Proclus, attacking a set of pro-eternity arguments.
- Each of Proclus's eighteen arguments received detailed refutation across a massive work.
Textual Mastery Meets Christian Motivation
- Philoponus knew Aristotle's texts deeply and used that knowledge to undermine them.
- His motivations combined textual expertise with Christian commitments against pagan necessity.