Aristotle on religion
Aristotle is a severe critic of traditional religion, believing it to be false, yet he also holds that traditional religion and its institutions are necessary if any city, including the ideal city he describes in the Politics, is to exist and flourish. This book provides, for the first time, a coher...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017.
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| En: | Año: 2017 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Aristoteles 384 a. C.-322 a. C.
/ Religión
B Aristoteles 384 a. C.-322 a. C. / Aristotelismo / Religión / Filosofía de religión |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Aristotle ; Religion
B Greece Religión B Aristotle Religión B Greece ; Religion B Aristotle |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | No electrónico
Print version: 9781108415255 |
| Sumario: | Aristotle is a severe critic of traditional religion, believing it to be false, yet he also holds that traditional religion and its institutions are necessary if any city, including the ideal city he describes in the Politics, is to exist and flourish. This book provides, for the first time, a coherent account of the socio-political role which Aristotle attributes to traditional religion despite his rejection of its content. Mor Segev argues that Aristotle thinks traditional religion is politically necessary because it prepares the ground for what he considers the pinnacle of human endeavor: attaining the knowledge of first philosophy, whose objects are real beings worthy of being called gods. Developing this interpretation, Segev goes on to analyze Aristotle's references to the myths of traditional Greek religion, and to assess his influence on medieval Jewish and Christian theology and philosophy of religion. |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2017) |
| ISBN: | 1108231756 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108231756 |