UID:
almafu_9959237575802883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-315-72963-6
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1-317-54650-4
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1-306-45643-6
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1-317-54651-2
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1-84465-463-X
Series Statement:
The history of western philosophy of religion ; 1
Content:
An international team of over 100 leading scholars has been brought together to provide authoritative exposition of how historys most important philosophical thinkers - from antiquity to the present day - have sought to analyse the concepts and tenets central to Western religious belief, especially Christianity. Volume 1 comprises an introduction, presenting an overview of Ancient philosophy of religion, and a series of essays on Ancient philosophers, including Pythagoras, Constantinos, Socrates, Xenophon, Plato, Cicero, Plotinus, Augustine, Proculs, Pseudo-Dionysius, Epicurus and Aristotle. Each essay opens with a brief biography, outlines and analyses the philosophers contribution to thinking on religion, and concludes with key further reading. The volume closes with a chronology, presenting a contextual guide to the main religious, political, cultural and artistic events of the period. This volume is an excellent tool for those undertaking research in this area.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Ancient philosophy of religion: an introduction /
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Pythagoras /
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Xenophanes /
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Socrates and Plato /
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Aristotle /
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Epicurus /
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The stoics /
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Cicero /
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Philo of Alexandria /
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The Apostle Paul /
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Plutarch of Chaeroneia /
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Sextus Empiricus /
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Early Christian philosophers: Justin, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian /
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Origen /
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Plotinus /
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Porphyry and Iamblichus /
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The Cappadocians: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa /
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Augustine /
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Proclus /
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Pseudo-Dionysius /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84465-220-3
Language:
English
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