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Simplicius on the planets and their motions: in defense of a heresy
Though the digression closing Simplicius’ commentary on Aristotle’s De caelo 2.12 has long been misread as a history of early Greek planetary theory, it is in fact a creative reading of Aristotle to maintain the authority of the De caelo as a sacred…
The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend
"The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend presents the Arthurian legends in all their manifestations - from their origins in medieval literature to their modern interpretations in literature, art, film, and popular culture. It takes the…
The handbook of Platonism
The Handbook of Platonism, or Didaskalikos, attributed to Alcinous (long identified with the Middle Platonist Albinus, but on inadequate grounds), is a central text of later Platonism. In Byzantine times, in the Italian Renaissance, and even up to…
Sacred Mirrors: the Visionary Art of Alex Grey
Surreal paintings combine the detail of anatomical illustrations with the spiritual images of Buddhism.
Ibn 'Arabi in the Later Islamic Tradition: The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam
"This book examines the fierce theological controversy over the great Muslim mystical thinker Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1242). Even during his lifetime, Ibn 'Arabi's conformity with the letter of the Muslim dogma was called into doubt by many scholars who…
