Creationism and its critics in antiquity [[electronic resource] /] / David Sedley |
Autore | Sedley D. N |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 213 |
Collana |
Sather classical lectures
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico |
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Philosophy, Ancient |
Soggetto non controllato |
accident
anaxagoras ancient greek ancient rome anti creationist antiquity aristotle classical antiquity classical world controversial controversy cosmos creationism creationist disagreement divine empedocles famous philosopher great thinkers historical intelligent design philosopher philosophy plato scientific socrates stoics teleology theology theory western philosophy western science |
ISBN |
1-282-35938-X
9786612359385 0-520-93436-9 |
Classificazione | 08.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- ; [ch]. 1. Anaxagoras -- ; 1. The presocratic agenda -- ; 2. Anaxagoras's cosmology -- ; 3. The power of nous -- ; 4. Sun and Moon -- ; 5. Worlds and seeds -- ; 6. Nous as creator -- ; 7. Scientific creationism -- Appendix : Anazagoras's theory of matter -- ; [ch]. 2. Empedocles -- ; 1. The cosmic cycle -- ; 2. The double zoogony -- ; 3. Creationist discourse -- ; 4. Design and accident -- Appendix 1 : The double zoogony revisited -- Appendix 2 : The chronology of the cycle -- Appendix 3 : Where in the cycle are we? -- Appendix 4 : Lucretian testimony for Empedocles' zoogony -- ; [ch]. 3. Socrates -- ; 1. 1. Diogenes of Apollonia -- ; 2. Socrates in Xenophon -- ; 3. Socrates in Plato's Phaedo -- ; 4. A historical synthesis -- ; [ch]. 4. Plato -- ; 1. The Phaedo myth -- ; 2. Introducing the Timaeus -- ; 3. An act of creation? -- ; 4. Divine craftsmanship -- ; 5. Is the world perfect? -- ; 6. The origin of species -- ; [ch]. 5. The atomists -- ; 1. Democritus -- ; 2. The Epicurean critique of creationism -- ; 3. The Epicurean alternative to creationism -- ; 4. Epicurean infinity -- ; [ch]. 6. Aristotle -- ; 1. God as paradigm -- ; 2. The craft analogy -- ; 3. Necessity -- ; 4. Fortuitous outcomes -- ; 5. Cosmic teleology -- ; 6. Aristotle's Platonism -- ; [ch]. 7. The stoics -- ; 1. Stoicism -- ; 2. A window on stoic theology -- ; 3. Appropriating Socrates -- ; 4. Appropriating Plato -- ; 5. Whose benefit? -- Epilogue : A Galenic perspective -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index. |
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Creationism and its critics in antiquity / / David Sedley |
Autore | Sedley D. N |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 213 |
Collana |
Sather classical lectures
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico |
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Philosophy, Ancient |
Soggetto non controllato |
accident
anaxagoras ancient greek ancient rome anti creationist antiquity aristotle classical antiquity classical world controversial controversy cosmos creationism creationist disagreement divine empedocles famous philosopher great thinkers historical intelligent design philosopher philosophy plato scientific socrates stoics teleology theology theory western philosophy western science |
ISBN |
1-282-35938-X
9786612359385 0-520-93436-9 |
Classificazione | 08.21 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Preface -- ; [ch]. 1. Anaxagoras -- ; 1. The presocratic agenda -- ; 2. Anaxagoras's cosmology -- ; 3. The power of nous -- ; 4. Sun and Moon -- ; 5. Worlds and seeds -- ; 6. Nous as creator -- ; 7. Scientific creationism -- Appendix : Anazagoras's theory of matter -- ; [ch]. 2. Empedocles -- ; 1. The cosmic cycle -- ; 2. The double zoogony -- ; 3. Creationist discourse -- ; 4. Design and accident -- Appendix 1 : The double zoogony revisited -- Appendix 2 : The chronology of the cycle -- Appendix 3 : Where in the cycle are we? -- Appendix 4 : Lucretian testimony for Empedocles' zoogony -- ; [ch]. 3. Socrates -- ; 1. 1. Diogenes of Apollonia -- ; 2. Socrates in Xenophon -- ; 3. Socrates in Plato's Phaedo -- ; 4. A historical synthesis -- ; [ch]. 4. Plato -- ; 1. The Phaedo myth -- ; 2. Introducing the Timaeus -- ; 3. An act of creation? -- ; 4. Divine craftsmanship -- ; 5. Is the world perfect? -- ; 6. The origin of species -- ; [ch]. 5. The atomists -- ; 1. Democritus -- ; 2. The Epicurean critique of creationism -- ; 3. The Epicurean alternative to creationism -- ; 4. Epicurean infinity -- ; [ch]. 6. Aristotle -- ; 1. God as paradigm -- ; 2. The craft analogy -- ; 3. Necessity -- ; 4. Fortuitous outcomes -- ; 5. Cosmic teleology -- ; 6. Aristotle's Platonism -- ; [ch]. 7. The stoics -- ; 1. Stoicism -- ; 2. A window on stoic theology -- ; 3. Appropriating Socrates -- ; 4. Appropriating Plato -- ; 5. Whose benefit? -- Epilogue : A Galenic perspective -- Bibliography -- Index locorum -- General index. |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
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Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere |
Autore | Obeyesekere Gananath |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
Disciplina | 291.2/37 |
Collana | Comparative studies in religion and society |
Soggetto topico |
Reincarnation - Buddhism
Reincarnation Religious ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
amerindian tradition
buddhism buddhist tradition canada classicists cosmology cross cultural scholarship cultural relativism cultural stories death empedocles ethics greek tradition human condition indic civilizations indologists intellectual context karma melanesia methodological framework nietzsche personal transformation philosophy pindar plato pythagoras rebirth reincarnation siberia textbooks weber west africa wittgenstein |
ISBN |
0-520-93630-2
1-59734-669-1 |
Classificazione | BE 2460 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations -- 2. Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth -- 3. The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications -- 4. The Buddhist Ascesis -- 5. Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth -- 6. Rebirth and Reason -- 7. Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783075303321 |
Obeyesekere Gananath
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Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
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Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere |
Autore | Obeyesekere Gananath |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
Disciplina | 291.2/37 |
Collana | Comparative studies in religion and society |
Soggetto topico |
Reincarnation - Buddhism
Reincarnation Religious ethics |
Soggetto non controllato |
amerindian tradition
buddhism buddhist tradition canada classicists cosmology cross cultural scholarship cultural relativism cultural stories death empedocles ethics greek tradition human condition indic civilizations indologists intellectual context karma melanesia methodological framework nietzsche personal transformation philosophy pindar plato pythagoras rebirth reincarnation siberia textbooks weber west africa wittgenstein |
ISBN |
0-520-93630-2
1-59734-669-1 |
Classificazione | BE 2460 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations -- 2. Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth -- 3. The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications -- 4. The Buddhist Ascesis -- 5. Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth -- 6. Rebirth and Reason -- 7. Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813931003321 |
Obeyesekere Gananath
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Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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