Traditional and Cosmic Gods in Later Plato and the Early Academy

"Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the Early Academy"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Plato's Theogony; 2. Plato's Anthropogony and Politogony; 3. Plato on Divinity and Morality; 4. Cosmic Religion in the Early Academy; Conclusions.

About the author

VILIUS BARTNINKAS is an Assistant Professor at Vilnius University. He has published various articles on Greek philosophy and political theory, and Lithuanian translations of Plato's Lysis (2014) and Alcibiades (2016).

Summary

Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the Early Academy.

Product details

• Authors: Vilius Bartninkas, Vilius (Vilniaus Universitetas Bartninkas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009322614
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932261-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Ancient, classical and medieval texts