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In Book IV of his Physics, Aristotle asked whether time could exist without a soul that counts it. As a result, philosophers throughout antiquity tackled the problem of subjective time and its relation to the physical time of the cosmos. The present book gives an account of this debate. It analyses the contributions made by Aristotle and his Peripatetic followers but also discusses Neoplatonist and Early Christian authors including St. Augustine.

It has rarely been recognized that the Christian writers of the first millennium pursued an ambitious and exciting philosophical project alongside their engagement in the doctrinal controversies of their age. This book offers a full analysis of this Patristic philosophy until the time of John of Damascus.

Leading specialists in theology, anthropology, religious studies and history elucidate the modern debate about sacrifice from interest shown in the 16th century through to the present day. Individual chapters discuss anthropological theories, theological controversies, philosophical interpretations, and literary uses of sacrifice

Der Band widmet sich der Frage nach der Bildlichkeit von Weltbildern. Aus der Sicht verschiedener Disziplinen (Theologie, Kunstgeschichte, Astrophysik, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Philosophie) wird die Untersuchung von Weltbildern als einem historisch-kulturellen Phänomen im Horizont gegenwärtiger Diskussionen über die Visualität von Weltwahrnehmung neu aufgenommen.