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Segev Aristotle on Religion
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-108-24630-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-108-24630-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.
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Introduction; 1. Aristotle's rejection of the content of traditional religion; 2. Traditional religion and its natural function in Aristotle; 3. Humans, 'eternal humans' and Gods: the usefulness of traditional Gods for the imitation of the divine; 4. Aristotle on the possible uses of the myths of 'the Ancients'; 5. The influence of Aristotle's view of religion on medieval Jewish and Christian thought; 6. Conclusion.