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Autore |
Martin Dale B. <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Inventing superstition : from the Hippocratics to the Christians / / Dale B. Martin |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 307 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy, Ancient |
Philosophy and religion - Greece |
Philosophy and religion - Rome |
Superstition - Religious aspects - History - To 1500 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Superstitious Christians -- 2 Problems of Definition -- 3 Inventing Deisidaimonia -- 4 Dealing with Disease -- 5 Solidifying a New Sensibility -- 6 Diodorus Siculus and the Failure of Philosophy -- 7 Cracks in the Philosophical System -- 8 Galen on the Necessity of Nature and the Theology of Teleology -- 9 Roman Superstitio and Roman Power -- 10 Celsus and the Attack on Christianity -- 11 Origen and the Defense of Christianity -- 12 The Philosophers Turn -- 13 Turning the Tables -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Dale Martin provides a detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the fourth century C.E. |
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