Time, Creation and the Continuum

by Richard Sorabji

Book Overview

Richard Sorabji here takes time as his central theme, exploring fundamental questions about its nature: Is it real or an aspect of consciousness? Did it begin along with the universe? Can anything escape from it? Does it come in atomic chunks? In addressing these and myriad other issues, Sorabji engages in an illuminating discussion of early thought about time, ranging from Plato and Aristotle to Islamic, Christian, and Jewish medieval thinkers. Sorabji...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715619039
• ISBN13: 9780715619032
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"