Proclus on Whole and Part: A Reappraisal of Mereology in Neoplatonic Metaphysics /

Proclus on Whole and Part: A Reappraisal of Mereology in Neoplatonic Metaphysics /

No late ancient philosopher has written more extensively on part-whole relations than the Neoplatonic commentator Proclus. In Proclus on Whole and Part , Arthur Oosthout unfolds, for the first time, Proclus' detailed and systematic analysis of (Neo-)Platonic mereology in full. Oosthout weaves t...

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Main Author: Oosthou, Arthur (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Philosophia Antiqua ; 172.

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Neoplatonism.
Whole and parts (Philosophy)

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Call Number: BD396

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Arthur Oosthout
  • Part 1 The Mereological Question
  • Chapter 2 Mereology 101 /
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  • Part 2 The Central Tenets of Proclean Mereology
  • Chapter 3 Quantity versus Complexity /
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  • Chapter 4 A Wholesome Trinity /
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  • Part 3 Part and Whole in Proclus' Theology and Cosmology
  • Chapter 5 Dividing the Indivisible /
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  • Chapter 6 Uniting the Imperfect /
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  • Part 4 Bringing the Parts Together
  • Chapter 7 The Best Kind of Whole (for a Neoplatonist) /
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  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography /
  • Arthur Oosthout.