Philosophy and salvation in Greek religion / edited by Vishwa Adluri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adluri, Vishwa.

Series:

Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten

Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten, 0939-2580 ; Bd. 60

Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten ; 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Physical Description:

xii, 398 p.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ever since Vlastos' "Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek Thought," scholars have known that a consideration of ancient philosophy without attention to its theological, cosmological and soteriological dimensions remains onesided. Yet, philosophers continue to discuss thinkers such as Parmenides and Plato without knowledge of their debt to the archaic religious traditions. Perhaps our own religious prejudices allow us to see only a "polis religion" in Greek religion, while our modern philosophical openness and emphasis on reason induce us to rehabilitate ancient philosophy by what we consider the highest standard of knowledge: proper argumentation. Yet, it is possible to see ancient philosophy as operating according to a different system of meaning, a different "logic." Such a different sense of logic operates in myth and other narratives, where the argument is neither completely illogical nor rational in the positivist sense. The articles in this volume undertake a critical engagement with this unspoken legacy of Greek religion. The aim of the volume as a whole is to show how, beyond the formalities and fallacies of arguments, something more profound is at stake in ancient philosophy: the salvation of the philosopher-initiate.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Contents

Philosophy, Salvation, and the Mortal Condition / Adluri, Vishwa

Salvation for the Wanderer: Odysseus, the Gold Leaves, and Empedocles / Herrero de Jáuregui, Miguel

Self-Determination and Freedom: The Relationship of God and Man in Homer / Schmitt, Arbogast

Parmenides' Proem and Pythagoras' Descent / Burkert, Walter

Ὁ Πλάτων παρωιδεῖ τὰ Ὀρφέως Plato's Transposition of Orphic Netherworld Imagery / Bernabé, Alberto

The Eleusinian Mysteries in Pre-Platonic Thought: Metaphor, Practice and Imagery for Plato's Symposium / Sattler, Barbara

Plato's Soteriology? / Menn, Stephen

From Politics to Salvation through Philosophy: Herodotus' Histories and Plato's Republic / Adluri, Vishwa / Lenz, John

Rebirth Eschatology in Plato and Plotinus / Bussanich, John

Memory and the Soul's Destiny in Plotinus / Brisson, Luc

Between the Two Realms: Plotinus' Pure Soul / Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla

Iamblichus, Theurgy, and the Soul's Ascent / Finamore, John

About the Contributors

Bibliography

Index of terms

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110552140

3110552140

9783110276381

3110276380

OCLC:

851969995