02585nam 22006011c 450 991078778210332120200115203623.01-4725-0415-11-4725-5584-81-4725-0416-X10.5040/9781472555847(CKB)2670000000431894(EBL)1426805(SSID)ssj0001001289(PQKBManifestationID)11530029(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001289(PQKBWorkID)10966082(PQKB)10382867(MiAaPQ)EBC1426805(OCoLC)861538602(UtOrBLW)bpp09258569(EXLCZ)99267000000043189420150326d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe presocratics and the supernatural magic, philosophy and science in early Greece Andrew GregoryNew York Bloomsbury 2013.1 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4742-3477-1 1-78093-203-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexIntroduction -- Natural and Supernatural -- The Literary and Philosophical Background -- Magic and Its Practice in Presocratic Greece -- Milesian Pantheism -- Xenophanes and the Drive Towards a Unitary God -- The Hippocratics and the Sacred Disease -- Empedocles -- The Pythagoreans -- Leucippus and Democritus -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis book examines the relationship between magic, philosophy and the investigation of nature in presocratic Greece. Did the presocratic thinkers, often praised for their rejection of the supernatural, still believe in gods and the divine and the efficacy of magical practices? Did they use animism, astrology, numerology and mysticism in their explanations of the world? This book analyses the evidence in detail and argues that we need to look at each of these beliefs in contextPre-Socratic philosophersGreeceHistory of sciencePhilosophy, AncientSupernaturalPre-Socratic philosophersPhilosophy, Ancient.Supernatural.182Gregory Andrew1960-616284UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910787782103321The presocratics and the supernatural3707295UNINA