Quod est primum in compositione, est ultimum in resolutione. Notes on analysis and synthesis in Late Antiquity
This article investigates the Greek and Latin origins of the Scholastic dictum that that which is first in composition (equivalent to Greek sunthesis) is last in resolution (Greek analusis). I study the tradition that synthesis proceeds from prior to posterior, while analysis moves from posterior to...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Repositorio: | Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/38595 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/38595 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Analysis Análisis Synthesis Síntesis Geometry Geometría Negative theology Teología negativa Materias Investigacion::Arte y Humanidades::Filosofía |
| Sumario: | This article investigates the Greek and Latin origins of the Scholastic dictum that that which is first in composition (equivalent to Greek sunthesis) is last in resolution (Greek analusis). I study the tradition that synthesis proceeds from prior to posterior, while analysis moves from posterior to prior. First I seek the origins of these notions in Greek mathematics. I then move on to Middle Platonist authors who identify analysis with Platonic diairesis, and I next move on to a brief survey of the notions of analysis and synthesis in some Neoplatonists. I show that both the mathematical and the philosophical versions of the analytic/ synthetic method became associated with several new contexts. |
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