God and cosmos in stoicism / edited by Ricardo Salles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salles, Ricardo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stoics.

Cosmology.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 274 pages)

Other Title:

God & cosmos in stoicism

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book covers three essential topics in Stoic theology: the active and demiurgical character of god, his corporeal nature and irreducibility to matter, and fate as the network of causes through which god acts upon the cosmos. The secondpart turns to Stoic cosmology, and how it relates to other cosmologies of the time. The third part examines the ethic

Contents:

Introduction: God and cosmos in stoicism / Ricardo Salles

God, providence, and fate

How industrious can Zeus be? : the extent and objects of divine activity in stoicism / Thomas Bénatouïl

The stoics on matter and prime matter : corporealism and the imprint of Plato's Timaeus / Jean-Baptiste Gourinat

Chain of causes : what is stoic fate? / Susan Sauvé Meyer

Elements, cosmogony, and conflagration

Chrysippus on physical elements / John M. Cooper

Chrysippus on conflagration and the indestructibility of the cosmos / Ricardo Salles

Stoic themes in peripatetic physics? / Inna Kupreeva

The ethics and religion of stoic cosmo-theology

Does cosmic nature matter? : some reflections on the cosmological aspects of stoic ethics / Marcelo Boeri

Why physics? / Brad Inwood

Stoic philosophical theology and Graeco-Roman religion / Keimpe Algra.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-160959-5

1-282-34642-3

9786612346422

0-19-157173-3

OCLC:

495092245