02606nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10363932 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080630s2008 ne sb 001 0 eng 2008028983 GBA8A6204 bnb 014708870 Uk B0814121 bccb 9789004170254 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004170251 (hardback : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)567744258 BD638 .W28 2008eb 115 22 Wagner, Michael F., 1952- The enigmatic reality of time [electronic resource] : Aristotle, Plotinus, and today / by Michael F. Wagner. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. viii, 378 p. Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition, 1871-188X ; v. 7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-371) and index. Part I: Dimensions of time's enigma -- Is time real? -- Eleaticism, temporality, and time -- The makings of a temporal universe -- Pastness and futurity -- Synchronicity and asynchronicity -- Temporal pace and measurement -- Presentness, or the present -- Aristotle's real account of time -- Parmenidean time and the impossible now -- Cosmic motion and the speed of time -- Time as the motion of the cosmos -- Time as the cosmos itself -- Time as motion and all change -- Temporal cognition and the return of the now -- Real temporality in an Aristotelian world -- Does Aristotle refute eleaticism? -- Bisection argument I -- Bisection argument II -- Bisection argument III -- Plotinus' vitalistic Platonism and the real origins of time -- Temporality, eternality, and Plotinus' new Platonism -- Plotinus' critique of Aristotelian motion -- Indefinite temporality and the measure of motion -- Plotinus' neoplatonic account of time. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Aristotle. Plotinus. Time. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Medieval philosophy, mathematics, and science. Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 7. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10363932 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 111166 111166