02737nam 2200637Ia 450 991082055900332120240416150543.00-674-04069-410.4159/9780674040694(CKB)1000000000786926(StDuBDS)AH23050794(SSID)ssj0000183189(PQKBManifestationID)11156635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183189(PQKBWorkID)10195157(PQKB)11207241(Au-PeEL)EBL3300273(CaPaEBR)ebr10314283(OCoLC)923110147(DE-B1597)574299(DE-B1597)9780674040694(MiAaPQ)EBC3300273(EXLCZ)99100000000078692620040326d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrInventing superstition from the Hippocratics to the Christians /Dale B. Martin1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20041 online resource (xii, 307 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01534-7 0-674-02407-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index.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 -- IndexDale 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.Philosophy, AncientPhilosophy and religionGreecePhilosophy and religionRomeSuperstitionReligious aspectsHistoryTo 1500Philosophy, Ancient.Philosophy and religionPhilosophy and religionSuperstitionReligious aspectsHistory398.410901Martin Dale B.1954-699421MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820559003321Inventing superstition1371726UNINA