Greek philosophy and mystery cults / edited by María José Martín-Velasco and María José García Blanco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martín-Velasco, María José, editor.

García Blanco, María José, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cults--Greece.

Cults.

Mysteries, Religious.

Greece.

Mysteries, Religious--Greece.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

The contributions to this book offer a broad vision of the relationships that were established between Greek Philosophy and the Mystery Cults. The authors centre their attention on such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and the Neoplatonist philosophers, who used - and in some cases criticised - doctrinal elements from Mystery Cults, adapting them to their own thinking. Thus, the volume provides a new approach to some of the most renowned Greek philosophers, highlighting the influence that Mystery Cults, such as Orphism, Dionysianism, or the Eleusinian rites, had on the formation of fundamental aspects of their thinking. Given its interdisciplinary character, this book will appeal to a broad academic readership interested in the origin of Hellenic thinking and culture. It will be especially useful for those eager for a deeper approach to two fundamental domains that attract the attention of many Antiquity scholars: Greek philosophy and religion. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Transformation of the Initiation Language of Mystery religions into Philosophical Terminology / Francese Casadesús

Aristotle and the Mysteries / Alberto Bernabé

Escathological Myth in Plato's Gorgias / António De Castro Caeiro

The Echoes of Eleusis : Love and Initiation in the Platonic Philosophy / Maria R. Gómez Iglesias

The Influence of Orphism in Plato's Psychology and Eschatology / Fidel Blanco Rodriguez

Proclus and the Role of Orphism in the Exegesis of Plato's Timaeus / Antoni Bordoy Fernández

Mystery Religions and Philosophy in Proclus / Jésus de Garay

Philosophy and Theurgy in the Thought of Iamblichus : Symbol and Beauty / Maria Jesús Hermoso Felix

The Dionisism in the Bacchae : Megála kai Phanerá / Ángela Navarro González

Did Plato Know the of the Orphic God Protogonos? / Marco Antonio Santamaria Álvarez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1443888303

9781443888301

OCLC:

938999270

Publisher Number:

99970394815