Religion of Socrates
Title | Religion of Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Mark L. McPherran |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780271040325 |
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.
Socrates' Divine Sign
Title | Socrates' Divine Sign PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas D. Smith |
Publisher | Kelowna, BC : Academic Print. & Pub. |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780920980910 |
Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy
Title | Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas D. Smith |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Faith and reason |
ISBN | 0195133226 |
This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates.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.
The Religion of Plato
Title | The Religion of Plato PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Elmer More |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Philosophy, Ancient |
ISBN |
The Cambridge Companion to Socrates
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Donald R. Morrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0521833426 |
Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.
The Religion of Socrates
Title | The Religion of Socrates PDF eBook |
Author | Mark L. McPherran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN |
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.
Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
Title | Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | M. F. Burnyeat |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 2012-06-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521750725 |
The first of two volumes collecting the published work of one of the greatest living ancient philosophers, M.F. Burnyeat.