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Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy

By Jon D. Mikalson

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
0199577838, 9780199577835, 0191576786, 9780191576782
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3471273 bytes)
Pages
320\315
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Jon D. Mikalson examines how Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers described, interpreted, criticized, and utilized the components and concepts of the religion of the people of their time - practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedications, and divination. The chief concepts involved are those of piety and impiety, and after a thorough analysis of the philosophical texts Mikalson offers a refined definition of Greek piety, dividing it into its two constituent elements of `proper respect' for the gods and `religious correctness'. He concludes with a demonstration of the benevolence of the gods in the philosophical tradition, linking it to the expectation of that benevolence evinced by popular religion.

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