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God and Cosmos in Stoicism

By Ricardo Salles

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2009
ISBN
0199556148, 9780199556144
LCC
B528 .G59 2009
Open Library ID
OL23534836M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1936642 bytes)
Pages
274\285
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book covers three essential topics in Stoic theology: the active and demiurgical character of god, his corporeal nature and irreducibility to matter, and fate as the network of causes through which god acts upon the cosmos. The second part turns to Stoic cosmology, and how it relates to other cosmologies of the time. The third part examines the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.

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