2011, ISBN: 9781139181204

Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of … Meer...

Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the usual perspective of the history of religion, but as part of the wider tendency of Post-Hellenistic philosophy to open up to external, non-philosophical sources of knowledge and authority. It situates two key themes, ancient wisdom and cosmic hierarchy, in the context of Post-Hellenistic philosophy and traces their reconfigurations in contemporary literature and in the polemic between Jews, Christians and pagans. Overall, Post-Hellenistic philosophy displayed a relatively high degree of unity in its ideas on religion, which should not be reduced to a preparation for Neoplatonism. Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the usual perspective of the history of religion, but as part of the wider tendency of Post-Hellenistic philosophy to open up to external, non-philosophical sources of knowledge and authority. It situates two eBook PDF 01.12.2011 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks, Cambridge University Press, .201<

ISBN: 9781139181204

Studies the dominant philosophical reflections on religion and the pantheon in the Post-Hellenistic period.; EPUB \ Brian Winston; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Philosophy > History of… Meer...

Studies the dominant philosophical reflections on religion and the pantheon in the Post-Hellenistic period.; EPUB \ Brian Winston; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Philosophy > History of Western philosophy > Western philosophy: An, Taylor and Francis<

ISBN: 9781139181204

Studies the dominant philosophical reflections on religion and the pantheon in the Post-Hellenistic period.; PDF; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Philosophy > History of Western philosop… Meer...

Studies the dominant philosophical reflections on religion and the pantheon in the Post-Hellenistic period.; PDF; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Philosophy > History of Western philosophy > Western philosophy: An, CRC Press<

2011, ISBN: 9781139181204

Philosophical Readings of Religion in the Post-Hellenistic Period, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, [PU: Cambridge University Press], [ED: 1], Cambridge University Press, 2011

ISBN: 9781139181204

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