دانلود کتاب The Theology of the Epinomis

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Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 Introduction: the Epinomis, a mirror of its times: the transition from Plato to the Hellenistic age
The philosophical context of the Epinomis
Author, style, and themes
Rival theologies within the Early Academy
A confusingly worded ontological doctrine
The hidden ontology of a manifest deity
Different nouns: the Epinomis’ fluctuating divine ontology
Divine providence and the decay of dialectic
From Plato to Hellenism
Conclusions
Appendix
Section One The Epinomis and its background: re-shaping Plato’s theological language
2 The Phaedo and the Epinomis: the de-transcendentalised forms
What does the Epinomis accept from the Phaedo and what does it reject?
Borrowings
ἀνώλεθρον-ἀθάνατον (88b6; 981e7)
καθαρόν* [καθαριότης] (79d1; 984a6)
λύπη τε καὶ ἡδονή (83d2; 985a5)
ἀσώματον (981b5)
ἀχρώματον (981b5–6)
Adaptations
μονοειδές > ἔχει μορφὴν μίαν (80b2;981b5)
ἀιδές > ἀόρατον (79a3;981c2)
Different ways to define the λογισμός
Conclusions
3 The Timaeus and the Epinomis: God’s non-imitative activity
Preliminary remarks
The life-giving function
The attributes of divinity and priority
The noetic aspect
The ordering function
The steering function
The productive function – poiesis
Conclusions
4 The Cratylus and the Epinomis: Homoiosis theo(i) and astral worship
Topic 1: the shared experience between Greeks and barbarians
Topic 2: the Greeks’ indebtedness to the barbarians
Topic 3: knowledge and virtues
Topic 4: Homeric and natural gods
Topic 5: daemons
Conclusions
5 The Laws and the Epinomis: the astral psychic immanent God
The φύσις of the Epinomis: the psychic God is close to humans
The ἔμψυχον of the Epinomis: lawfully transcending the Olympian religion
The δύναμις of the Epinomis: the astral dynamic forces
The God of the Epinomis: a binding force
The God of the Epinomis: the oneness
Conclusions
Section Two The Epinomis and its advance: the Olympians’ departure
6 The greatest God
The emergence of doubts about the gods’ existence
The deconstruction of the old religion
Eastern influences
The regulated innovation: responses to the changing times
Plato’s response
Laws, VII 821ab
Apollo-Sun Lord: the greatest God
The Sun-Soul God: the cosmos as a whole
The same religion
The Laws’ two levels and the Epinomis
Conclusions
7 Philip of Opus’ contributions to the Early Academy: The theology of the Epinomis
The Early Academy and the originality of Philip of Opus’ proposal
The Epinomis’ retracing of the political vocation of the Platonic project: tradition and innovation
ἄτοπον
A feasible political project
Religion for politics, astronomy for ethics, philosophy for living
Immanentisation as an impulse to virtuous living
The Epinomis’ function as a bridge
Hellenistic themes and style
Conclusions
8 The Epinomis, a vivid example of transition
Who is the God of the Epinomis?
References
Index