286 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Concepts of God presented by Greek philosophers were significantly different from the image of the divine of popular religion and indicate a fairly sophisticated theological reflection from the very inception of Greek philosophy. This book presents a comprehensive history of theological thought of Greek philosophers from the Presocratics to the early Hellenistic period. Concentrating on views... Read more
Contents: Preface; The Milesians; Xenophanes and one god; Heraclitus and the logos; Parmenides and being; Pythagoreanism and the harmonia; Empedocles and the holy phren; Anaxagoras and mind; Democritus and necessity; Rationalization of religion; Socrates; Antisthenes; Megarian theology; Plato and the demiurge; Aristotle and the unmoved mover; The old Academy; The early Lyceum; Early Cynics; Epicurus and isonomia; Early Stoics and the logos; Index of ancient sources; Index of names.
Biography
Adam Drozdek is Associate Professor at Duquesne University, USA.
