Providence lost [[electronic resource] /] / Genevieve Lloyd
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| Autore: |
Lloyd Genevieve
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| Titolo: |
Providence lost [[electronic resource] /] / Genevieve Lloyd
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 214/.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Providence and government of God |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-343) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Euripides, philosopher of the stage -- The world of men and gods -- Agreeing with nature : fate and providence in stoic ethics -- Augustine : divine justice and the "ordering" of evil -- The philosopher and the princess : Descartes and the philosophical life -- Living with necessity : Spinoza and the philosophical life -- Designer worlds -- Providence as progress -- Providence lost. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In our ever more secular times-is providence lost? Perhaps, but as Lloyd makes clear, providence still exerts a powerful influence on our thought and in our lives. This book traces a succession of transformations in the concept of providence through the history of Western philosophy. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Providence lost |
| ISBN: | 0-674-04031-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778171503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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