Aristotle, Oedipus, and Greek Religion : Mirroring the Divine / Louis F. Groarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groarke, Louis F., author.

Series:

Philosophica.

Philosophica

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 pages).

Edition:

Digital ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Ottawa Press 2025

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Aristotle, Oedipus, and Greek Religion explores an important religious side of ancient Aristotelianism, one which has an impact on contemporary philosophical debates. Louis F. Groarke shows how an exegetical perspective open to and respectful of Greek Pagan religion allows readers to discover a remarkably different Aristotle than the one to which we have grown accustomed. To begin with, one must discover what Aristotle (and his school) taught, not by examining isolated passages, but by getting a sense of his philosophy as a whole. One has to make sense of the circumstantial evidence and carefully piece together a coherent technical case for the overall argument.In each chapter, Groarke considers another aspect of Aristotelian thought; this is in opposition to mainstream opinion which often describes Aristotle as a secret atheist, an agnostic, or as something akin to a modern-day positivist or a reductionist.The author goes on to show that Aristotle valued religious practice on a personal and social level, that his metaphysics are marked by intimations of the divine, that he provides an epistemological space for both science and religion, that his account of Greek tragedy has an inalienable moral and religious side, and that his account of the origins of cognition is not so far removed from religious scripture. Aristotle, Oedipus, and Greek Religion is an analysis of universal themes from the viewpoint of an enormously influential ancient thinker, and an adventure into the history of ideas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

About the Cover Design

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Note on Bibliographical Style

Chapter 1 Method and Overview

Chapter 2 Did Aristotle Practise Religion?

Chapter 3 The Cosmos as a Hall of Mirrors

Chapter 4 Aristotle and Fate

Chapter 5 Oedipus and Aristotle

Chapter 6 A Phenomenology of Discovery

Chapter 7 Concluding Postscript

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"Les Presses de l'UniversitÈ d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press"

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ISBN:

0-7766-4244-8

OCLC:

1560005503

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access