{"product_id":"aristotle-and-philoponus-on-light-jean-de-groot-9781138937055","title":"Aristotle and Philoponus on Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1991. Philoponus' long commentary on Aristotle's definition of light sets up the major concerns, both in optics and theory of light, that are discussed here. Light was of special interest in Neoplatonism because of its being something incorporeal in the world of natural bodies. Light therefore had a special role in the philosophical analysis of the interpenetration of bodies and was also a paradigm for the soul-body problem. The book contains much about the physiology of vision as well as the propagation of light. Several chapters investigate the philosophical theory behind what came to be known as 'multiplication of species' in medieval light theory. These issues in the history of science are placed within an analysis of Neoplatonic development of the distinction between Aristotle's \u003ci\u003ekinesis \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eenergeia. \u003c\/i\u003eThe book treats Philoponus' philosophy of mathematical science from the point of view of matter, quantity, and three-dimensionality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean de Groot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138937053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138937055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Jean de Groot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087794155775,"sku":"9781138937055","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61dce4b8-3eb8-4cea-9356-6171e925fbfd.jpg?v=1769101415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristotle-and-philoponus-on-light-jean-de-groot-9781138937055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}