Did god care?: Providence, dualism, and will in later Greek and early Christian philosophy
"Is God involved? Why do bad things happen to good people? What is up to us? These questions were explored in Mediterranean antiquity with reference to 'providence' (pronoia). In Did God Care? Dylan Burns offers the first comprehensive survey of providence in ancient philosophy that b...
| Published in: | Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition (volume 25)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition
volume 25 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Providence
/ Free will
/ Dualism
/ Philosophy
/ Predestination
/ Christian philosophy
/ Church
/ Determinism
/ History 570 BC-270
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| Further subjects: | B
Free will and determinism
B Providence and government of God B Determinism (Philosophy) |
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| Summary: | "Is God involved? Why do bad things happen to good people? What is up to us? These questions were explored in Mediterranean antiquity with reference to 'providence' (pronoia). In Did God Care? Dylan Burns offers the first comprehensive survey of providence in ancient philosophy that brings together the most important Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Syriac sources, from Plato to Plotinus and the Gnostics. Burns demonstrates how the philosophical problems encompassed by providence transformed in the first centuries CE, yielding influential notions about divine care, evil, creation, omniscience, fate, and free will that remain with us today. These transformations were not independent developments of 'Pagan philosophy' and 'Christian theology,' but include fruits of mutually influential engagement between Hellenic and Christian philosophers"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 321-365 |
| ISBN: | 9004432973 |