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Philosophy and Salvation in Greek Religion

Name: Philosophy and Salvation in Greek Religion
Author: Vishwa Adluri

Vishwa Adluri,

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Philosophy and Salvation in Greek Religion

Vishwa Adluri,

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Ever since Vlastos' "Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek Thought, " scholars have known that a consideration of ancient philosophy without attention to its theological, cosmological and soteriological dimensions remains onesided. Yet, philosophers continue to discuss thinkers such as Parmenides and Plato without knowledge of their debt to the archaic religious traditions. Perhaps our own religious prejudices allow us to see only a "polis religion" in Greek religion, while our modern philosophical openness and emphasis on reason induce us to rehabilitate ancient philosophy by what we consider the highest standard of knowledge: proper argumentation. Yet, it is possible to see ancient philosophy as operating according to a different system of meaning, a different "logic." Such a different sense of logic operates in myth and other narratives, where the argument is neither completely illogical nor rational in the positivist sense. The articles in this volume undertake a critical engagement with this unspoken legacy of Greek religion. The aim of the volume as a whole is to show how, beyond the formalities and fallacies of arguments, something more profound is at stake in ancient philosophy: the salvation of the philosopher-initiate.

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Publisher

De Gruyter

Year

2013

ISBN

9783110276381

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Topic

Theology & Religion

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Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy, Salvation, and the Mortal Condition
Salvation for the Wanderer: Odysseus, the Gold Leaves, and Empedocles
Self-Determination and Freedom: The Relationship of God and Man in Homer. Translated by Joydeep Bagchee
Parmenides’ Proem and Pythagoras’ Descent. Translated by Joydeep Bagchee
Ὁ Πλάτων παρωιδεῖ τὰ Ὀρφέως Plato’s Transposition of Orphic Netherworld Imagery
The Eleusinian Mysteries in Pre-Platonic Thought: Metaphor, Practice and Imagery for Plato’s Symposium
Plato’s Soteriology?
From Politics to Salvation through Philosophy: Herodotus’ Histories and Plato’s Republic
Rebirth Eschatology in Plato and Plotinus
Memory and the Soul’s Destiny in Plotinus. Translated by Michael Chase
Between the Two Realms: Plotinus’ Pure Soul
Iamblichus, Theurgy, and the Soul’s Ascent
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index of terms