Stoic Theology: Proofs for the Existence of the Cosmic God and of the Traditional Gods : Including a Commentary on Cleanthes' Hymn on Zeus

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Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., 2007 - 256 עמודים
The ancient Stoics constructed an elaborate set of proofs for the existence of the Greek gods which proved highly influential for later theological and philosophical proofs. P. A. Meijer s Stoic Theology, the first book on the subject in almost thirty years, analyzes these proofs from a fresh perspective. This valuable resource features a thorough examination of pre-Christian theological argumentation as well as new insights on the relationship between God and the deities in ancient Greek thought, in a book sure to interest scholars of philosophy and religion."
 

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8 What did the notion gods mean to Zeno? Zeno and his predecessors 30 CHAPTER II ZENO AND THE TRADITIONAL GODS A SERIOUS PROB...
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commodities
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IV Another argument of Cleanthes?
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CHRYSIPPUS CONTRIBUTION
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II Are some anonymous arguments Chrysippean?
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CHRYSIPPUS AND THE TRADITIONAL GODS
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OTHER STOIC PROOFS
110
OTHER STOIC? ARGUMENTS IN SEXTUS
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3 Reviewing the arguments
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2 Carneades themes in Cicero
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5 Who was Carneades target?
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2 Cicero on Carneades arguments
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EPILOGUE
207
B Pars Epica
213
C Preces
223
WHERE IS GOD?
229

4 General conclusion
126
2 The wise against the traditional gods
132
6 Conclusion
146

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P. A. Meijer is associate professor emeritus of ancient Greek philosophy at Leiden University. He is the author of Parmenides Beyond the Gates and Plotinus on the Good or The One (Enneads VI, 9).

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