Adluri Philosophy and Salvation in Greek Religion

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-027638-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 60, 410 Seiten

Reihe: Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und VorarbeitenISSN

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.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adluri, Vishwa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Philosophy, Salvation, and the Mortal Condition;13
2;Salvation for the Wanderer: Odysseus, the Gold Leaves, and Empedocles;41
3;Self-Determination and Freedom: The Relationship of God and Man in Homer. Translated by Joydeep Bagchee;71
4;Parmenides’ Proem and Pythagoras’ Descent. Translated by Joydeep Bagchee;97
5;. ...t.. pa...de. t. ..f... Plato’s Transposition of Orphic Netherworld Imagery;129
6;The Eleusinian Mysteries in Pre-Platonic Thought: Metaphor, Practice and Imagery for Plato’s Symposium;163
7;Plato’s Soteriology?;203
8;From Politics to Salvation through Philosophy: Herodotus’ Histories and Plato’s Republic;229
9;Rebirth Eschatology in Plato and Plotinus;255
10;Memory and the Soul’s Destiny in Plotinus. Translated by Michael Chase;301
11;Between the Two Realms: Plotinus’ Pure Soul;325
12;Iamblichus, Theurgy, and the Soul’s Ascent;355
13;About the Contributors;369
14;Bibliography;373
15;Index of terms;399

Über Autor(innen)

Vishwa Adluri, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA.