EAN13

9782953384611

Éditeur

VILLEGAGNONS

Date de publication

6 novembre 2015

Nombre de pages

234

Dimensions

2,4 x 16 x 2 cm

Poids

250 g

Langue

eng

Langue originale

fre

An Introduction To Aristotle's Metaphysics Of Time, Historical Research Into The Mythological And Astronomical Conceptions That Preceded Aristotle's Philosophy

Régis Laurent

VILLEGAGNONS

Prix public : 39,00 €

This study of Greek time before Aristotle’s philosophy starts with a commentary on his first text, the Protrepticus. We shall see two distinct forms of time emerge: one initiatory, circular and Platonic in inspiration, the other its diametrical opposite, advanced by Aristotle. We shall explore this dichotomy through a return to poetic conceptions. The Tragedians will give us an initial outline of the notion of time in the Greek world (Fate); we shall then turn to Homer in order to better grasp the complex relations between time and the religious sphere (the Hero); the work of the great theologian Hesiod will confirm this initiatory vision, later set out in remarkable fashion by Nietzsche (Myths); we shall then dive deep into Pythagoreanism to complete our account (Mysteries). Having understood this current of thought, powerfully influenced by the Iranian theogony, we shall be able to discern its clear differences from the so-called “Ionian” current, and thus to move away from Plato (Ideology). Lastly, we shall return to the early Ionian thinkers Thales and Anaximander to analyse whether this really was the vision of the world that Aristotle adopted in developing the first model of time (Science). In the second volume we shall see the return of the thought of the theologoi within the Aristotelian corpus itself, and will question our distinction between the being and existence of time.

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