Proclus: Ten Problems Concerning Providence

by Jan Opsomer and Carlos Steel

'The universe is, as it were, one machine, wherein the celestial spheres are analogous to the interlocking wheels and the particular beings are like the things moved by the wheels, and all events are determined by an inescapable necessity. To speak of free choice or self determination is only an illusion we human beings cherish.' Thus writes Theodore the engineer to his old friend Proclus, one of the last major Classical philosophers. Proclus'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472557948
• ISBN13: 9781472557940
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"