God, Religion and Society in Ancient Thought

Prof. Dr. Giovanni Giorgini; Prof. Dr. Elena Irrera

doi:10.5771/9783896659774

Summary

The relationship between religion, social structures and political institutions has always played a fundamental role in human societies. This collection of essays aims to explore possible ways in which philosophical conceptualizations of god, the gods, and the divine in the ancient world interact with traditional religious practices and institutions, as well as with non-philosophical images of the divine. It spans from the ‘rationalization’ of the divine operated by early Greek philosophers to the notion of toleration one may find in Augustine. It features such authors as Plato (who uses for the first time in history the words ‘theology’ and ‘atheism’), and Aristotle, with his intellectualist view of God. It will be valuable to readers interested in intellectual history, political theory, history of religion and classics.With contributions bySylvana V. Chrysakopoulou | Francesca Eustacchi | Silvia Gastaldi | Giovanni Giorgini | Christoph Horn | Elena Irrera | Jakub Jinek | Manuel Knoll | Maria Liatsi | Francisco L. Lisi | Alberto Maffi | Maurizio Migliori | Josef Moural | Nurdane Şimşek | Bernat Torres | Denis Walter

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Copyright year: 2023
Publication date: 18.04.2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89665-976-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-89665-977-4
Publisher: Academia, Baden-Baden
Series: Collegium Politicum
Volume: 9
Language: English
Pages: 292
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 14
1. References No access
Nurdane Şimşek
1. I. The dynamic structure of Greek mythology No access
2. II. Common features and differences between Greek mythology and polis religion No access
3. III. Polis religion as center of Greek religiosity No access
4. IV. The Polis as the measure of all things No access
5. References No access
Manuel Knoll
1. I. The transition from myth to logos and the progress of theological reasoning No access
2. II. Different interpretations of the development of ancient Greek thought No access
3. III. From Hesiod to Thales No access
4. IV. Anaximander and Anaximenes No access
5. V. Xenophanes’ criticism of the anthropomorphic gods No access
6. VI. Two different traditions of ancient Greek theology No access
7. References No access
Sylvana V. Chrysakopoulou
1. I Introduction No access
2. II. The notion of theology in Xenophanes, Parmenides and Empedocles: State of the question No access
3. III. The notion of unity (monism) in Xenophanes’ theology according to Aristotle No access
4. References No access
Francesca Eustacchi
1. 1. 2. The origin of religion and of the gods No access
2. 2.1 Democritus’ distinctive position No access
3. 1. 1. 3.1. The Sophistic debate: between tradition and innovation No access
  2. 1. 4.1 Protagoras’ agnosticism No access
    2. 4.2 Atheistic positions No access
4. References No access
Giovanni Giorgini
1. I. Setting the stage No access
2. II. The Athenian context: religion and politics No access
3. III. Critias, the wickedest man on earth No access
4. IV. The Sisyphus fragment No access
5. V. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
Josef Moural
1. I. No access
2. II. No access
3. III. No access
4. References No access
Elena Irrera
1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. Εὐσέβεια between justice and lawfulness. A comparison with ὁσιότης No access
3. III. Does religious reverence differ from justice? Εὐσέβεια and ὁσιότης in Plato’s Euthyphro No access
4. IV. The missed co-extensiveness between justice and religious reverence. Conclusive Remarks No access
5. References No access
Francisco L. Lisi
1. The figure of the Demiurge No access
2. The Demiurge as a personal god No access
3. The Relationship between Demiurge and Forms No access
4. The Form of the Good and the Demiurge No access
5. The Demiurge and the Gods No access
6. The Demiurge as a religious figure No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. References No access
Silvia Gastaldi
1. Law and Cosmic Order No access
2. Cosmology and Theology: The Nocturnal Council No access
3. The Citizen’s religion. Traditional Cults No access
4. Choruses for the gods: education to the harmony of the soul No access
5. Conclusion: The Order of the Soul and the Cosmic Order No access
6. References No access
Alberto Maffi
1. 1. Review of the main interpretations. No access
2. References No access
Maurizio Migliori
1. 1. 1. How Plato writes No access
  2. 2. The conception of the divine No access
  3. 3. A binary model No access
  4. 4. The role of the divine Cause No access
  5. 5. The divine soul No access
  6. 6. Poetry and prophecy No access
  7. 7. The attitude of human beings No access
  8. 8. The platonic multifocal approach No access
  9. 9. The ambiguous nature of the laws No access
  10. 10. The relationship with God and with divinity No access
2. References: No access
Jakub Jinek
1. 1. Introduction No access
2. 2. Homeric names No access
3. 3. Genetic Synonymy No access
4. 4. Names of gods No access
5. 5. The philosopher-king and the lawgiver No access
6. Bibliography No access
Maria Liatsi
1. References No access
Denis Walter
1. 1. a) The Moral Cosmopolitan Community No access
  2. b) The “Political” Cosmopolitanism. The Community of all Beings under God’s or Natural Law’s Rule. No access
  3. c) The Multitude of Individual States No access
2. 2. The Individual State and the Competence of magistratus and rectores. No access
3. 3. The Role of “Imperialism” in Cicero’s Concept No access
4. 4. Conclusion No access
5. Bibliography No access
Christoph Horn
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3. III. No access
4. References No access
Bernat Torres
1. 1. 1. Strauss and Voegelin on Plato’s Laws: between the hermit and the ecclesiastic statesman No access
  2. 2. The puppets of the gods: the men and the city and the new Platonic anthropology No access
  3. 3. Laws concerning impiety: defending Socrates or constituting a civil theology No access
2. Conclusions: Socrates, Plato and the search of truth No access
3. References No access
1. Modern and Contemporary Authors No access
2. Secondary Literature No access