Nemesius
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Nemesius of Emesa (; ; fl. c. AD 390) was a Christian philosopher, and the author of a treatise Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου or De natura hominis ("On Human Nature"). According to the title of his book, he was the bishop of Emesa (modern-day Homs, Syria). His book is an attempt to compile a system of anthropology from the standpoint of Christian philosophy; it was very influential in later Greek, Arabic and Christian thought.
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- The character of man. Or, his nature exactly displayed, in a philosophicall discourse, by the learned Nemesius. Now made English
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13 sectionsContents
- Biography
- ''De natura hominis''
- First theory of providence
- Hierarchy of the three levels of providence
- Fourth theory of providence
- Fifth theory of providence
- ''Doctrine of Ventricle Localisation''
- Subsequent influence
- Other people named Nemesius
- Editions of Nemesius' ''De natura hominis''
- See also
- Notes
- References
Nemesius of Emesa (; ; fl. c. AD 390) was a Christian philosopher, and the author of a treatise Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου or De natura hominis ("On Human Nature"). According to the title of his book, he was the bishop of Emesa (modern-day Homs, Syria). His book is an attempt to compile a system of anthropology from the standpoint of Christian philosophy; it was very influential in later Greek, Arabic and Christian thought.
Nemesius was also a physiological theorist. He based much of his writing on previous work of Aristotle and Galen, and it has been speculated that he anticipated William Harvey's discovery of the circulation of blood. Other views included a five-theory hierarchy of divine providence. These theories are developed from an earlier Platonic theory.