Infinity in the Presocratics: A Bibliographical and Philosophical Study by Josep

Description: Infinity in the Presocratics by Joseph Owens, L. Sweeney Throughout the long centuries of western metaphysics the problem of the infinite has kept surfacing in different but important ways. Yet in the philosophical framework the notion in its earliest use meant something highly positive, signifying fruitful content for the first principle of all the things that have positive status in the universe. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Throughout the long centuries of western metaphysics the problem of the infinite has kept surfacing in different but important ways. It had confronted Greek philosophical speculation from earliest times. It appeared in the definition of the divine attributed to Thales in Diogenes Laertius (I, 36) under the description "that which has neither beginning nor end. " It was presented on the scroll of Anaximander with enough precision to allow doxographers to transmit it in the technical terminology of the unlimited (apeiron) and the indeterminate (aoriston). The respective quanti tative and qualitative implications of these terms could hardly avoid causing trouble. The formation of the words, moreover, was clearly negative or privative in bearing. Yet in the philosophical framework the notion in its earliest use meant something highly positive, signifying fruitful content for the first principle of all the things that have positive status in the universe. These tensions could not help but make themselves felt through the course of later Greek thought. In one extreme the notion of the infinite was refined in a way that left it appropriated to the Aristotelian category of quantity. In Aristotle (Phys. III 6-8) it came to appear as essentially re quiring imperfection and lack. It meant the capacity for never-ending increase. It was always potential, never completely actualized. Table of Contents One: Secondary Literature on Anaximander.- Ancient Sources.- Recent Studies on Anaximander.- Other Studies?.- Two: Anaximander and Other Ionians.- Anaximander.- Anaximenes, Xenophanes, Heraclitus.- Conclusion.- Three: Pythagoras.- J. E. Raven.- J. A. Philip.- Conclusions.- Four: the Eleatics.- Parmenides.- Zeno.- Melissus.- Five: Post-Parmenidean Philosophers.- Empedocles.- Anaxagoras.- The Atomists.- Six: in Retrospect.- Appendix: Additional Studies on Anaximander.- Index of Topics.- Index of Passages.- Index of Names. Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description Throughout the long centuries of western metaphysics the problem of the infinite has kept surfacing in different but important ways. It had confronted Greek philosophical speculation from earliest times. It appeared in the definition of the divine attributed to Thales in Diogenes Laertius (I, 36) under the description "that which has neither beginning nor end. " It was presented on the scroll of Anaximander with enough precision to allow doxographers to transmit it in the technical terminology of the unlimited (apeiron) and the indeterminate (aoriston). The respective quanti Details ISBN9024711703 Publisher Springer Year 1972 ISBN-10 9024711703 ISBN-13 9789024711703 Format Paperback Publication Date 1972-07-31 Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers Subtitle A Bibliographical and Philosophical Study Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Short Title INFINITY IN THE PRESOCRATICS S Language English Media Book DEWEY 180 Pages 255 Illustrations 255 p. DOI 10.1604/9789024711703;10.1007/978-94-010-2729-8 Author L. Sweeney Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1972 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96342169;

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