RT Book
T1 Rethinking the gods: philosophical readings of religion in the Post-Hellenistic period
T2 Greek culture in the Roman world
A1 Nuffelen, Peter van 1976-
LA English
PP Cambridge u.a.
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2011
ED 1. publ.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/667122117
AB "Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the usual perspective of the history of religion, but as part of the wider tendency of Post-Hellenistic philosophy to open up to external, non-philosophical sources of knowledge and authority. It situates two key themes, ancient wisdom and cosmic hierarchy, in the context of Post-Hellenistic philosophy and traces their reconfigurations in contemporary literature and in the polemic between Jews, Christians and pagans. Overall, Post-Hellenistic philosophy displayed a relatively high degree of unity in its ideas on religion, which should not be reduced to a preparation for Neoplatonism"--
AB "Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the usual perspective of the history of religion, but as part of the wider tendency of Post-Hellenistic philosophy to open up to external, non-philosophical sources of knowledge and authority. It situates two key themes, ancient wisdom and cosmic hierarchy, in the context of Post-Hellenistic philosophy and traces their reconfigurations in contemporary literature and in the polemic between Jews, Christians and pagans. Overall, Post-Hellenistic philosophy displayed a relatively high degree of unity in its ideas on religion, which should not be reduced to a preparation for Neoplatonism"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-268) and index
CN B171
SN 9781107012035
K1 Philosophy, Ancient
K1 Religion : Philosophy : History
K1 Religion
K1 Kosmologie
K1 Philosophie
K1 Geschichte 200 v.Chr. - 100
K1 Religion : Philosophy
K1 Church history : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600