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Traditional and cosmic gods in later Plato and the early academy /

This volume sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bartninkas, Vilius, 1991- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:Cambridge classical studies.
Subjects:
Plato.
Plato
Cosmology.
Cosmologie.
cosmology.
Cosmology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction;
  • 1. Plato's Theogony;
  • 2. Plato's Anthropogony and Politogony;
  • 3. Plato on Divinity and Morality;
  • 4. Cosmic Religion in the Early Academy;
  • Conclusions.