Philosophy and Religion in Plato''s Dialogues

Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. The Forms, the Good, and the Divine; 2. Eternal Longings; 3. Dialogue of Self and Soul; 4. Wings of Desire; 5. The Gods Made Visible; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Andrea Nightingale is a Professor of Classics at Stanford University. She has authored Genres in Dialogue: Plato and the Construct of Philosophy (Cambridge, 1995), Spectacles of Truth in Classical Greek Philosophy: Theoria in its Cultural Context (Cambridge, 2004), and Once out of Nature: Augustine on Time and the Body (2011).

Riassunto

Challenges the dominant idea that Plato is a secular thinker and shows how he uses specific aspects of Greek religion in his philosophy, especially the epiphanies of gods to humans, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the Orphic mysteries.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrea Nightingale, Andrea (Stanford University Nightingale, Nightingale Andrea
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108837309
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83730-9
• Pagine: 308
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500