01414nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000084650 StDuBDS 20150804193922.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120515s2012 enk fo| 000 0 eng|d 9780191739019 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS B517 186.4 23 Neoplatonism and the philosophy of nature [electronic resource] / [edited by] James Wilberding and Christoph Horn. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. This volume dispels the idea that Platonism was an otherworldly enterprise which neglected thestudy of the natural world. Leading scholars examine how the Platonists of late antiquity sought to understand and explain natural phenomena: their essays offer a new understanding of the metaphysics of Platonism, and its place in the history of science. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2012). Includes bibliographical references. Neoplatonism. Philosophy of nature History. Wilberding, James. Horn, Christoph. Print version 9780199693719 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693719.001.0001 36683 36683