{"product_id":"apuleius-on-the-cosmos-george-boys-stones-9780198896340","title":"Apuleius on the Cosmos","description":"Apuleius' \u003cem\u003eDe Mundo\u003c\/em\u003e ('On the Cosmos') has never been published in English translation. One reason for this may be that it has itself been viewed as a mere translation of a work that survives in the Aristotelian corpus, the \u003cem\u003ePeri Kosmou\u003c\/em\u003e (traditionally, but confusingly in this context, referred to as the \u003cem\u003eDe Mundo\u003c\/em\u003e). But greater sensitivity both to the ideological implications of 'translation' (no translation is ever a 'mere' translation) and to the nuanced philosophical debates of the second century CE ought already to suggest that the work will have a lot to teach us--and all the more just because we have the Greek text it is working with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume offers the first English translation of the \u003cem\u003eDe Mundo\u003c\/em\u003e, which it presents in parallel with a new English translation of the Aristotelian \u003cem\u003ePeri Kosmou\u003c\/em\u003e by the same team, so that even readers without Latin or Greek can get a keen sense of how the two works relate--and how substantially they diverge. It is accompanied by a series of ten new scholarly studies introducing the work and setting out a broad range of approaches to its study. Together they make a powerful case that the \u003cem\u003eDe Mundo\u003c\/em\u003e is deeply informed by Apuleius' Platonism, especially a view of providence which differs substantially from that of the \u003cem\u003ePeri Kosmou\u003c\/em\u003e, and that it is an important text for understanding philosophical debate in the second century CE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Boys-Stones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198896344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198896340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"George Boys-Stones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637427159295,"sku":"9780198896340","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0d89bf6-bfce-4c4d-8156-108d58e605d9.jpg?v=1765116145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apuleius-on-the-cosmos-george-boys-stones-9780198896340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}