Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy A study of 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. These include practices such as sacrifice, prayer, dedications, and divination, and the governing concepts of piety and impiety.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 22 July 2010
- Format: Hardback 316 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500 | Ancient Religions & Mythologies
- ISBN 13: 9780199577835 ISBN 10: 0199577838
- Sales rank: 839,464
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Full description for Greek Popular Religion in Greek Philosophy
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.
