Religious Platonism
Title | Religious Platonism PDF eBook |
Author | James Kern Feibleman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2013-07-18 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 113411270X |
In Plato’s Laws is the earliest surviving fully developed cosmological argument. His influence on the philosophy of religion is wide ranging and this book examines both that and the influence of religion on Plato. Central to Plato’s thought is the theory of forms, which holds that there exists a realm of forms, perfect ideals of which things in this world are but imperfect copies. In this book, originally published in 1959, Feibleman finds two diverse strands in Plato’s philosophy: an idealism centered upon the Forms denying full ontological status to the realm of becoming, and a moderate realism granting actuality equal reality with Forms. For each strand Plato developed a conception of religion: a supernatural one derived from Orphism, and a naturalistic religion revering the traditional Olympian deities.
The Religion of Plato
Title | The Religion of Plato PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Elmer More |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Philosophy, Ancient |
ISBN |
A Platonic Philosophy of Religion
Title | A Platonic Philosophy of Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel A. Dombrowski |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0791484092 |
A Platonic Philosophy of Religion challenges traditional views of Plato's religious thought, arguing that these overstate the case for the veneration of Being as opposed to Becoming. Daniel A. Dombrowski explores how process or neoclassical perspectives on Plato's view of God have been mostly neglected, impoverishing both our view of Plato and our view of what can be said in contemporary philosophy of religion on a Platonic basis. Looking at the largely ignored later dialogues, Dombrowski finds a dynamic theism in Plato and presents a new and very different Platonic philosophy of religion. The work's interpretive framework derives from the application of process philosophy and discusses the continuation of Plato's thought in the works of Hartshorne and Whitehead.
Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza
Title | Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza PDF eBook |
Author | Carlos Fraenkel |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2012-11-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521194571 |
This groundbreaking account of the concept of a philosophical religion traces its history from antiquity to the Enlightenment.
Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues
Title | Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues PDF eBook |
Author | Andrea Nightingale |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2021-05-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108837301 |
Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.
Religion in Plato and Cicero
Title | Religion in Plato and Cicero PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Rexine |
Publisher | Philosophical Library |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1959-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780806529578 |
Aristotle on Religion
Title | Aristotle on Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Mor Segev |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2017-11-02 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1108415253 |
Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.