John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter: Aspects of Its Background in Neoplatonism and the Ancient Commentary Tradition (Philosophia Antiqua)

Name: John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter: Aspects of Its Background in Neoplatonism and the Ancient Commentary Tradition (Philosophia Antiqua)
Author: F. A. J. De Haas, Frans A. J. De Haas
ISBN: 9789004104464

Author F. A. J. De Haas, Frans A. J. De Haas

Publisher Brill Academic Pub

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Author(s)F. A. J. De Haas, Frans A. J. De Haas

PublisherBrill Academic Pub

ISBN / ASIN9004104461

ISBN-139789004104464

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This is the first full discussion of Philoponus' account of matter. It is shown here that philosophical problems in Neoplatonism motivated the definition of prime matter as three-dimensional extension, and that Plotinus, Syrianus, and Proclus prepared the way for Philoponus.