God Religion And Society In Ancient Thought

Author : Giovanni Giorgini,Elena Irrera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3896659766

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God, Religion and Society in Ancient Thought by Giovanni Giorgini,Elena Irrera Pdf

The relationship between religion, social structures and political institutions has always played a fundamental role in human societies. This collection of essays aims to explore possible ways in which philosophical conceptualizations of god, the gods, and the divine in the ancient world interact with traditional religious practices and institutions, as well as with non-philosophical images of the divine. It spans from the 'rationalization' of the divine operated by early Greek philosophers to the notion of toleration one may find in Augustine. It features such authors as Plato (who uses for the first time in history the words 'theology' and 'atheism'), and Aristotle, with his intellectualist view of God. It will be valuable to readers interested in intellectual history, political theory, history of religion and classics.

Author : Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780571279326

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Battling the Gods by Tim Whitmarsh Pdf

How new is atheism? In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean to recover the stories of those who first refused the divinities. Long before the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of disbelief in a deeply Christian Europe, atheism was a matter of serious public debate in the Greek world. But history is written by those who prevail, and the Age of Faith mostly suppressed the lively free-thinking voices of antiquity. Tim Whitmarsh brings to life the fascinating ideas of Diagoras of Melos, perhaps the first self-professed atheist; Democritus, the first materialist; and Epicurus and his followers. He shows how the early Christians came to define themselves against atheism, and so suppress the philosophy of disbelief. Battling the Gods is the first book on the origins of the secular values at the heart of the modern state. Authoritative and bold, provocative and humane, it reveals how atheism and doubt, far from being modern phenomena, have intrigued the human imagination for thousands of years.

Author : Ezra Hall Gillett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Literature and morals
ISBN : UOM:39015026445190

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God in Human Thought: Ancient religions by Ezra Hall Gillett Pdf

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781622751594

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Roman Gods & Goddesses by Britannica Educational Publishing Pdf

While the ancient Roman pantheon in many ways resembles that of ancient Greece, there is much that sets apart Roman mythology. Romans also borrowed from the religions of ancient Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Middle East, and legendary figures such as Romulus and Remus, tied closely to the history of Rome, feature prominently in ancient stories. The major and lesser figures of Roman mythology are presented in this vibrant volume with sidebars spotlighting related facts and concepts about Roman mythology and religion.

Author : Annie Besant
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:4064066064181

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A World Without God by Annie Besant Pdf

This is a highly critical and robust rebuttal of an article written by another woman, Frances Cobbe, in which she (Cobbe) describes the advantages of a faithless world and praises atheism. Annie Besant (1847-1933) was an ardent feminist, theosophist and author.

Author : Mikhail Bakunin
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:4064066463915

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God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin Pdf

This is one of history's most eloquent assertions of anarchist philosophy: religion is fundamentally the impoverishment, servitude, and annihilation of humanity. It is a weapon of the state. According to Bakunin, it had to be abolished before the right to self-determination could be achieved. God and the State remains a mind-opening experience, even for those who are not fundamentally sympathetic to its premise, whether as an introduction to anarchist ideas, an atheist manifesto, or a summation of Bakunin's thought.

Author : Julian Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107320871

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Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion by Julian Young Pdf

In his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche observes that Greek tragedy gathered people together as a community in the sight of their gods, and argues that modernity can be rescued from 'nihilism' only through the revival of such a festival. This is commonly thought to be a view which did not survive the termination of Nietzsche's early Wagnerianism, but Julian Young argues, on the basis of an examination of all of Nietzsche's published works, that his religious communitarianism in fact persists through all his writings. What follows, it is argued, is that the mature Nietzsche is neither an 'atheist', an 'individualist', nor an 'immoralist': he is a German philosopher belonging to a German tradition of conservative communitarianism - though to claim him as a proto-Nazi is radically mistaken. This important reassessment will be of interest to all Nietzsche scholars and to a wide range of readers in German philosophy.

Author : Carl Séan O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Creation
ISBN : 1316255794

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The Demiurge in Ancient Thought by Carl Séan O'Brien Pdf

Examines religious and 'scientific'/philosophical accounts of world-generation as represented by the figure of the Demiurge (Craftsman-god).

Author : Maria Mili
Publisher : Oxford Classical Monographs
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198718017

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Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly by Maria Mili Pdf

The volume investigates the Thessalian particularities of the evidence and the role of religion in giving the inhabitants of this land a sense of their identity and place in the wider Greek world, as well as the role of Thessaly in the ancients' and moderns' understanding of Greekness.

Author : John M. Rist
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521589525

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Augustine by John M. Rist Pdf

A detailed and accurate account of the character and effects of Augustine's thought.

Author : Eliza Burt Gamble
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : EAN:8596547177036

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The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion by Eliza Burt Gamble Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion" by Eliza Burt Gamble. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Geoffrey Dobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781315478722

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A Chaos of Delight by Geoffrey Dobson Pdf

Humans throughout history have sought ways of understanding their place within the world. Religion, science and myth have been at the forefront of this quest for meaning. A Chaos of Delight examines how various cultures – from the early Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks to contemporary Western society – have looked at the same phenomena and devised totally different world views. The rise of modern science is examined, alongside questions of evolution and the origins of life. This comprehensive volume is an essential read for students and scholars interested in the history of ideas and the role of religion, science and myth in the development of Western thought.

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551991764

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God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Pdf

Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.

Author : Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307948779

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Battling the Gods by Tim Whitmarsh Pdf

How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secularism broadly challenged those of faith, disbelief in the gods, in fact, originated in a far more remote past. In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean, a world almost unimaginably different from our own, to recover the stories and voices of those who first refused the divinities. Whitmarsh provides a bracing antidote to our assumptions about the roots of freethinking. By shining a light on atheism’s first thousand years, Battling the Gods offers a timely reminder that nonbelief has a wealth of tradition of its own, and, indeed, its own heroes.

Author : Ezra Hall Gillett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Literature and morals
ISBN : NYPL:33433022657583

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God in Human Thought by Ezra Hall Gillett Pdf