Religion Of Socrates

Author : Mark L. McPherran
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271040327

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Religion of Socrates by Mark L. McPherran Pdf

This study argues that to understand Socrates we must uncover and analyze his religious views, since his philosophical and religious views are part of one seamless whole. Mark McPherran provides a close analysis of the relevant Socratic texts, an analysis that yields a comprehensive and original account of Socrates' commitments to religion (e.g., the nature of the gods, the immortality of the soul). McPherran contends that Socrates saw his religious commitments as integral to his philosophical mission of moral examination and, in turn, used the rationally derived convictions underlying that mission to reshape the religious conventions of his time. As a result, Socrates made important contributions to the rational reformation of Greek religion, contributions that incited and informed the theology of his brilliant pupil, Plato.

Author : Nicholas D. Smith,Paul Woodruff
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Faith and reason
ISBN : 9780195133226

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Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy by Nicholas D. Smith,Paul Woodruff Pdf

This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates. Among the contributors are Thomas C. Brickhouse, Asli Gocer, Richard Kraut, Mark L. McPherran, Robert C. T. Parker, C. D. C. Reeve, Nicholas D. Smith, Gregory Vlastos, Stephen A. White, and Paul B. Woodruff.

Author : Jacob Howland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139452748

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Kierkegaard and Socrates by Jacob Howland Pdf

This volume is a study of the relationship between philosophy and faith in Søren Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments. It is also the first book to examine the role of Socrates in this body of writings, illuminating the significance of Socrates for Kierkegaard's thought. Jacob Howland argues that in the Fragments, philosophy and faith are closely related passions. A careful examination of the role of Socrates demonstrates that Socratic, philosophical eros opens up a path to faith. At the same time, the work of faith - which holds the self together with that which transcends it - is essentially erotic in the Socratic sense of the term. Chapters on Kierkegaard's Johannes Climacus and on Plato's Apology shed light on the Socratic character of the pseudonymous author of the Fragments and the role of 'the god' in Socrates' pursuit of wisdom. Howland also analyzes the Concluding Unscientific Postscript and Kierkegaard's reflections on Socrates and Christ.

Author : Dariusz Karlowicz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498278744

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Socrates and Other Saints by Dariusz Karlowicz Pdf

Many contemporary writers misunderstand early Christian views on philosophy because they identify the critical stances of the ante-Nicene fathers toward specific pagan philosophical schools with a general negative stance toward reason itself. Dariusz Karłowicz's Socrates and Other Saints demonstrates why this identification is false. The question of the extent of humanity's natural knowledge cannot be reduced to the question of faith's relationship to the historical manifestations of philosophy among the Ancients. Karłowicz closely reads the writings of Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and others to demonstrate this point. He also builds upon Pierre Hadot's thesis that ancient philosophy is not primarily theory but a "way of life" taught by sages, which aimed at happiness through participation in the divine. The fact that pagan philosophers falsely described humanity's telos did not mean that the spiritual practices they developed could not be helpful in the Christian pilgrimage. As it turns out, the ancient Christian writers traditionally considered to be enemies of philosophy actually borrowed from her much more than we think--and perhaps more than they admitted.

Author : Mark L. McPherran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Greece
ISBN : OCLC:655168145

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The Religion of Socrates by Mark L. McPherran Pdf

This study argues that to understand Socrates we must uncover and analyze his religious views, since his philosophical and religious views are part of one seamless whole. Mark McPherran provides a close analysis of the relevant Socratic texts, an analysis that yields a comprehensive and original account of Socrates' commitments to religion (e.g., the nature of the gods, the immortality of the soul). McPherran contends that Socrates saw his religious commitments as integral to his philosophical mission of moral examination and, in turn, used the rationally derived convictions underlying that mission to reshape the religious conventions of his time. As a result, Socrates made important contributions to the rational reformation of Greek religion, contributions that incited and informed the theology of his brilliant pupil, Plato.

Author : Robert Mark Wenley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCAL:$B285555

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Socrates and Christ by Robert Mark Wenley Pdf

This book contains a comparison between the lives of the philosopher Socrates and Jesus Christ. The author draws comparisons between the two thinkers and attempts to harmonize their views.

Author : Donald R. Morrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521833424

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The Cambridge Companion to Socrates by Donald R. Morrison Pdf

Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.

Author : Nicholas D. Smith,Pierre Destrée
Publisher : Kelowna, BC : Academic Print. & Pub.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0920980910

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Socrates' Divine Sign by Nicholas D. Smith,Pierre Destrée Pdf

Author : John Philips Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104503840

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The Religion of Socrates: Dedicated to Skeptics and Skeptic-Makers (1831) by John Philips Potter Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Jon Mikalson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199577835

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Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy by Jon Mikalson Pdf

A study of how Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers described, interpreted, criticized, and utilized the components and concepts of the religion of the people of their time. These include practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedications, and divination, and the governing concepts of piety and impiety.

Author : Sara Ahbel-Rappe,Rachana Kamtekar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405192606

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A Companion to Socrates by Sara Ahbel-Rappe,Rachana Kamtekar Pdf

Written by an outstanding international team of scholars, this Companion explores the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. Discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him Covers the whole range of Socratic studies from the ancient world to contemporary European philosophy Examines Socrates’ place in the larger philosophical traditions of the Hellenistic world, the Roman Empire, the Arabic world, the Renaissance, and contemporary Europe Addresses interdisciplinary subjects such as Socrates and Nietzsche, Socrates and psychoanalysis, and representations of Socrates in art Helps readers to understand the meaning and significance of Socrates across the ages

Author : John Philips Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Religion
ISBN : HARVARD:32044074331851

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The Religion of Socrates by John Philips Potter Pdf

Author : Paul Elmer More
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Greece
ISBN : HARVARD:AH5EIG

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The Religion of Plato by Paul Elmer More Pdf

Author : Dustin Sebell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812252859

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Xenophon's Socratic Education by Dustin Sebell Pdf

It is well known that Socrates was executed by the city of Athens for not believing in the gods and for corrupting the youth. Despite this, it is not widely known what he really thought, or taught the youth to think, about philosophy, the gods, and political affairs. Of the few authors we rely on for firsthand knowledge of Socrates—Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle—only Xenophon, the least read of the four, lays out the whole Socratic education in systematic order. In Xenophon's Socratic Education, through a careful reading of Book IV of Xenophon's Memorabilia, Dustin Sebell shows how Socrates ascended, with his students in tow, from opinions about morality or politics and religion to knowledge of such things. Besides revealing what it was that Socrates really thought—about everything from self-knowledge to happiness, natural theology to natural law, and rhetoric to dialectic—Sebell demonstrates how Socrates taught promising youths, like Xenophon or Plato, only indirectly: by jokingly teaching unpromising youths in their presence. Sebell ultimately shows how Socrates, the founder of moral and political philosophy, sought and found an answer to the all-important question: should we take our bearings in life from human reason, or revealed religion?

Author : James Beckman
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039941823

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The Religious Dimension of Socrates' Thought by James Beckman Pdf