God and cosmos in stoicism /

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This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book covers three essential topics in Stoic theolog...

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God & cosmos in stoicism
1. Verfasser:
Salles, Ricardo
Weitere Verfasser:
Salles, Ricardo (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Zusammenfassung:
This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book covers three essential topics in Stoic theology: the active and demiurgical character of god, his corporeal nature and irreducibility to matter, and fate as the network of causes through which god acts upon the cosmos. The secondpart turns to Stoic cosmology, and how it relates to other cosmologies of the time. The third part examines the ethic
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 274 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-160959-5
1-282-34642-3
9786612346422
0-19-157173-3
Schlagworte:
Stoics.
Cosmology.
Theology.
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