Aristotle on Religion

ISBN-13: 9781108401012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 200 str.

Mor Segev

Opis

Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.

Recenzje

'Here is the problem: Aristotle seems clearly to reject the traditional Olympian gods. His own conception of god (see especially Metaphysics) seems to have no religious significance; for whatever else this god knows (a subject of much debate), it certainly does not know particulars, including humans and their characters, actions, and futures … In Aristotle on Religion, Segev superbly lays out the problem and offers a solution that does not attempt to resurrect the Olympian gods, and that goes beyond mere social stability.' Robert Mayhew, Journal of the History of Philosophy

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Aristotle's rejection of the content of traditional religion; 2. Traditional religion and its natural function in Aristotle; 3. Humans, 'eternal humans' and Gods: the usefulness of traditional Gods for the imitation of the divine; 4. Aristotle on the possible uses of the myths of 'the Ancients'; 5. The influence of Aristotle's view of religion on medieval Jewish and Christian thought; 6. Conclusion.