Metaphysics of Light in the Hexaemeral Literature

This volume critically re-evaluates the received interpretation of the nature of light in the ancient sources. Isidoros C. Katsos contests the prevalent view in the history of optics according to which pre-modernity theorized light as subordinate to sight (''oculocentrism'') by examining in depth the contrary textual evidence found in early Christian texts. It shows that, from Philo of Alexandria ...