Traditions of theology : studies in Hellenistic theology : its background and aftermath / / edited by Dorothea Frede and André Laks.

The nine articles in this volume were originally presented at the VIII. Symposium Hellenisticum in Lille in August 1998. The authors discuss a set of theological questions that were central to the doctrines of the dominant schools in the Hellenistic age, such as the existence of the gods, their natu...

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Superior document:Philosophia antiqua, v. 89
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Year of Publication:2002
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Philosophia antiqua ; v. 89.
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
Notes:Papers presented at the 8th Symposium Hellenisticum, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, 1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material / DOROTHEA FREDE and ANDRÉ LAKS
  • ARISTOTELIAN THEOLOGY AFTER ARISTOTLE / R.W. SHARPLES
  • THE ORIGINS OF STOIC GOD / DAVID SEDLEY
  • THEODICY AND PROVIDENTIAL CARE IN STOICISM / DOROTHEA FREDE
  • GOD AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IN SENECA’S NATURAL QUESTIONS / BRAD INWOOD
  • EPICURUS AS DEUS MORTALIS: HOMOIOSIS THEOI AND EPICUREAN SELF-CULTIVATION / MICHAEL ERLER
  • ‘ALL GODS ARE TRUE’ IN EPICURUS / DIRK OBBINK
  • PLUTARCH AND GOD: THEODICY AND COSMOGONY IN THE THOUGHT OF PLUTARCH / JOHN DILLON
  • SESTO EMPIRICO E L’ASTROLOGIA / E. SPINELLI
  • THE BEGINNINGS OF THE END: PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA AND HELLENISTIC THEOLOGY / DAVID T. RUNIA
  • INDEX NOMINUM / DOROTHEA FREDE and ANDRÉ LAKS
  • PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA: A SERIES OF STUDIES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY / J. MANSFELD , D.T. RUNIA and J.C.M. VAN WINDEN.