Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy

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OUP Oxford, 24 ביוני 2010 - 320 עמודים
Jon D. Mikalson examines 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 - practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedications, and divination. The chief concepts involved are those of piety and impiety, and after a thorough analysis of the philosophical texts Mikalson offers a refined definition of Greek piety, dividing it into its two constituent elements of `proper respect' for the gods and `religious correctness'. He concludes with a demonstration of the benevolence of the gods in the philosophical tradition, linking it to the expectation of that benevolence evinced by popular religion.
 

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Abbreviations
Service to the Gods
Divination and Its Range of Influence
Proper Respect for the Gods and Religious Correctness
Religious Correctness and Justice
Philosophers and the Benevolence of the Greek Gods
Polling the Greeks and Their Philosophers
Index of passages cited
General index
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Jon D. Mikalson is W. R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia.

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