The Stoic Cosmos: Conflagration, Cosmogony, and Recurrence in Early Stoicism by Ricardo Salles ISBN 9781009422796, 1009422790 instant download

The Stoic Cosmos: Conflagration, Cosmogony, and Recurrence in Early Stoicism by Ricardo Salles ISBN 9781009422796, 1009422790 instant download

Stoic cosmology held that our cosmos is periodically destroyed and restored. In this, it is unique compared to earlier cosmologies. Ricardo Salles offers a detailed reconstruction of the philosophical ideas behind this thesis which explains its uniqueness and how it competes with earlier cosmologies. The reconstruction is based on a rigorous analysis of the evidence, made accessible to non-specialists who are familiar with the history of ancient philosophy but do not specialise in Stoicism. Furthermore, the book reveals how the Stoics combined their meteorology, their cosmology, their physics and their metaphysics to explain natural phenomena, thereby illustrating how different disciplines can interact in ancient philosophy. It also refers to central questions in the interpretation of Stoicism, such as the role of the Stoic god in cosmology.