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 di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Pubblicazione: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017.
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| In: | Anno: 2017 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Aristoteles 384 a.C.-322 a.C.
/ Religione
B Aristoteles 384 a.C.-322 a.C. / Aristotelismo / Religione / Filosofia della religione |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Aristotle
Religione
B Aristotle ; Religion B Greece ; Religion B Greece Religione B Aristotle |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
Print version: 9781108415255 |
| Riepilogo: | 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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| Descrizione del documento: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2017) |
| ISBN: | 1108231756 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108231756 |