The Divine as Inaccessible Object of Knowledge in Ancient Platonism: A Common Philosophical Pattern across Religious Traditions

The divine is an inaccessible object of human knowledge and reasoning according to some philosophers–theologians of the first four centuries ce . They display a refined cognitive approach to religion and a sophisticated treatment of the problem of “theo-logy”: reasoning and speaking about the divine...

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Main Author: Ramelli, Ilaria (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2014
In: Journal of the history of ideas
Year: 2014, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-188
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