Traditional and cosmic gods in later Plato and the early Academy
This volume 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 debate...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge classical studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Plato
B Cosmology |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781009322591 |
| Summary: | This volume 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. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 28, 2023) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages), illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-32263-8 978-1-009-32259-1 978-1-009-32261-4 |
| Access: | Open Access. |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009322638 |
