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Paperback Philoponus: Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 9-11 Book

ISBN: 1472557883

ISBN13: 9781472557889

Philoponus: Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World 9-11

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In one of the most original books of late antiquity, Philoponus argues for the Christian view that matter can be created by God out of nothing. It needs no prior matter for its creation. At the same time, Philoponus transforms Aristotle's conception of prime matter as an incorporeal 'something - I know not what' that serves as the ultimate subject for receiving extension and qualities. On the contrary, says Philoponus, the ultimate subject is extension...

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