Proclus: On the Existence of Evils
595 kr
Läs direkt i Bokus Reader – eller ladda ned till din enhet (PDF kräver ofta zoom och scroll på små skärmar).
Fler format och utgåvor
Beskrivning
Proclus'' On the Existence of Evils is not a commentary, but helps to compensate for the dearth of Neoplatonist ethical commentaries. The central question addressed in the work is: how can there be evil in a providential world? Neoplatonists agree that it cannot be caused by higher and worthier beings. Plotinus had said that evil is matter, which, unlike Aristotle, he collapsed into mere privation or lack, thus reducing its reality. He also protected higher causes from responsibility by saying that evil may result from a combination of goods. Proclus objects: evil is real, and not a privation. Rather, it is a parasite feeding off good. Parasites have no proper cause, and higher beings are thus vindicated as being the causes only of the good off which evil feeds.
Produktinformation
Utforska kategorier
Hoppa över listan
Mer från samma författare
Proclus: Ten Problems Concerning Providence
Carlos Steel, Jan Opsomer, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2012
2 227 kr
Hoppa över listan
Mer från samma serie
Iamblichus: Exhortation to Philosophy
Iamblichus, D. S. Hutchinson, Monte Ransome Johnson
Inbunden, 2016
1 407 kr
Hoppa över listan
Du kanske också är intresserad av
Proclus: Ten Problems Concerning Providence
Carlos Steel, Jan Opsomer, Richard Sorabji
Inbunden, 2012
2 227 kr
Proclus: Ten Problems Concerning Providence
Carlos Steel, Jan Opsomer, Richard Sorabji
Häftad, 2014
548 kr