Inventing superstition [[electronic resource] ] : from the Hippocratics to the Christians / / Dale B. Martin

• Autore: Martin Dale B. <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 307 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.410901
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Ancient; Philosophy and religion - Greece; Philosophy and religion - Rome; Superstition - Religious aspects - History - To 1500
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-299) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inventing superstition
• ISBN: 0-674-04069-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455126403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II