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Author: Shaul Tor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1107028167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book rethinks the relations between reasoning and revelation and, therefore, the nature of philosophy and religion in archaic Greece.
Author: Shaul Tor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1108377998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book demonstrates that we need not choose between seeing so-called Presocratic thinkers as rational philosophers or as religious sages. In particular, it rethinks fundamentally the emergence of systematic epistemology and reflection on speculative inquiry in Hesiod, Xenophanes and Parmenides. Shaul Tor argues that different forms of reasoning, and different models of divine disclosure, play equally integral, harmonious and mutually illuminating roles in early Greek epistemology. Throughout, the book relates these thinkers to their religious, literary and historical surroundings. It is thus also, and inseparably, a study of poetic inspiration, divination, mystery initiation, metempsychosis and other early Greek attitudes to the relations and interactions between mortal and divine. The engagements of early philosophers with such religious attitudes present us with complex combinations of criticisms and creative appropriations. Indeed, the early milestones of philosophical epistemology studied here themselves reflect an essentially theological enterprise and, as such, one aspect of Greek religion.
Author: David Conan Wolfsdorf
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020-05-22
Total Pages: 828
ISBN-13: 0198758677
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEarly Greek Ethics is the first volume devoted to philosophical ethics in its "formative" period. It explores contributions from the Presocratics, figures of the early Pythagorean tradition, sophists, and anonymous texts, as well as topics influential to ethical philosophical thought such as Greek medicine, music, friendship, and justice.
Author: Richard Seaford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 1108499554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.
Author: Vilius Bartninkas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-04-30
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1009322591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShows how Plato's distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods sheds new light on his relation to Greek religion.
Author: James Bernard Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-06-30
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1009392921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and lucid English, illuminates Greek philosophy by showing how it grows out of ancient Greek religion and how it compares to biblical religion.
Author: Carman Romano
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-09-24
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1040131697
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the theological significance of horror elements in the works of Hesiod and in the Homeric Hymns for the characters within these poems, the mortal audience consuming them, and the poet responsible for mythopoesis. Theologies of Fear in Early Greek Epic argues that just as modern supernatural horror fiction can be analyzed to reveal popular conceptions of the divine, so too can the horrific elements in early Greek epic. Romano develops this analogy to show how myth-makers chose to include, omit, or nuance horror elements from their narratives in order to communicate theological messages. By employing methodological approaches from religious studies, classical studies, and literary studies of supernatural horror fiction, this book brings a fresh perspective to our understanding of how the Greeks viewed their gods and how poets helped to create that view. Theologies of Fear in Early Greek Epic will be of interest to scholars in classical studies, religious studies, and comparative literature, as well as students in courses on myth, religion, and Greek culture and society.
Author: Dru Johnson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-04-22
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1108918549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Biblical Philosophy, Dru Johnson examines how the texts of Christian Scripture argue philosophically with ancient and modern readers alike. He demonstrates how biblical literature bears the distinct markers of a philosophical style in its use of literary and philosophical strategies to reason about the nature of reality and our place within it. Johnson questions traditional definitions of philosophy and compares the Hebraic style of philosophy with the intellectual projects of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Hellenism. Identifying the genetic features of the Hebraic philosophical style, Johnson traces its development from its hybridization in Hellenistic Judaism to its retrieval by the New Testament authors. He also shows how the Gospels and letters of Paul exhibit the same genetic markers, modes of argument, particular argument forms, and philosophical convictions that define the Hebraic style, while they engaged with Hellenistic rhetoric. His volume offers a model for thinking about philosophical styles in comparative philosophical discussions.
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-05-02
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9004513922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating volume rethinks the relationship between early Greek philosophers and the epic poet Hesiod, by presenting fifteen studies that offer different perspectives on matters of style, genre, intertextuality and the history of ideas.
Author: Mark Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 1134855982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine. It examines how the same philosophical questions were approached by Christian and pagan thinkers; the philosophical element in Christian doctrines; the interaction of particular philosophies with Christian thought; and the constructive use of existing philosophies by all Christian thinkers of late antiquity. While most studies of ancient Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine make some reference to the philosophic background, this is often of an anecdotal character, and does not enable the reader to determine whether the likenesses are deep or superficial, or how pervasively one particular philosopher may have influenced Christian thought. This volume is designed to provide not only a body of facts more compendious than can be found elsewhere, but the contextual information which will enable readers to judge or clarify the statements that they encounter in works of more limited scope. With contributions by an international group of experts in both philosophy and Christian thought, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of early Christianity, Late Antiquity and ancient philosophy alike.
