God and Cosmos in Stoicism

Herausgeber: Salles, Ricardo

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Produktbeschreibung

Nine new essays examine the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The contributors discuss the nature of god, his relation to the material world, fate and causation, rival cosmologies, and the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780199556144
• ISBN-10: 0199556148
• Artikelnr.: 27871184

Autorenporträt

Ricardo Salles is Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: God and Cosmos in Stoicism
* Part I: God, providence, and fate
* 1: Thomas Benatouil: How industrious can Zeus be? The extent and
objects of divine activity in Stoicism.
* 2: Jean-Baptiste Gourinat: The Stoics on matter and prime-matter:
corporealism and the imprint of Plato's Timaeus
* 3: Susan Sauvé Meyer: Chain of causes: what is Stoic Fate?
* Part II: Elements, cosmogony and conflagration
* 4: John Cooper: Chrysippus on Physical Elements
* 5: Ricardo Salles: Chrysippus on conflagration and the
indestructibility of the cosmos
* 6: Inna Kupreeva: Stoic Themes in Peripatetic physics?
* Part III: The ethics and religion of Stoic cosmo-theology
* 7: Marcelo Boeri: Does cosmic nature matter? Some reflections on the
cosmological aspects of Stoic ethics
* 8: Brad Inwood: Why Physics?
* 9: Keimpe Algra: Stoic Philosophical Theology and Graeco-Roman
Religion