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Traditions of theology : studies in Hellenistic theology : its background and aftermath / edited by Dorothea Frede and André Laks.

Contributor(s): Frede, Dorothea, 1941- | Laks, André | Symposium Hellenisticum (8th : 1998 : Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France)
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Italian, French Series: Philosophia antiqua: v. 89.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002Description: xiv, 343 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004122648 (alk. paper); 9789004122642 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Philosophy, Ancient -- Congresses | Theology -- Congresses | God (Greek religion) -- CongressesDDC classification: 210/.938 LOC classification: B187.T5 | T73 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / Dorothea Frede, Andre Laks -- Aristotelian theology after Aristotle / Robert Sharples -- The origins of Stoic God / David Sedley -- Theodicy and providential care in Stoicism / Dorothea Frede -- God and human knowledge in Seneca's Natural questions / Brad Inwood -- Epicurus as deus mortalis : Homoiosis theoi and Epicurean self-cultivation / Michael Erler -- "All gods are true" in Epicurus / Dirk Obbink -- Plutarch and God : theodicy and cosmogony in the thought of Plutarch / John Dillon -- Sesto Empirico e l'astrologia / Emidio Spinelli -- The beginnings of the end : Philo of Alexandria and Hellenistic theology / David Runia.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange B187 .T5 T73 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903087472

Papers presented at the 8th Symposium Hellenisticum, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Dorothea Frede, Andre Laks -- Aristotelian theology after Aristotle / Robert Sharples -- The origins of Stoic God / David Sedley -- Theodicy and providential care in Stoicism / Dorothea Frede -- God and human knowledge in Seneca's Natural questions / Brad Inwood -- Epicurus as deus mortalis : Homoiosis theoi and Epicurean self-cultivation / Michael Erler -- "All gods are true" in Epicurus / Dirk Obbink -- Plutarch and God : theodicy and cosmogony in the thought of Plutarch / John Dillon -- Sesto Empirico e l'astrologia / Emidio Spinelli -- The beginnings of the end : Philo of Alexandria and Hellenistic theology / David Runia.

Introd. in French; one paper in Italian.

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