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

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 89
Philosophia antiqua ; v. 89. 0079-1687
Note Papers presented at the 8th Symposium Hellenisticum, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France, 1998.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction / Dorothea Frede et 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 Selfcultivation / 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.
Summary Articles in this volume, orginally presented at the 1998 Symposium Hellenisticum in Lille, discuss theological questions that were central to the doctrines of the dominant schools in the Hellenistic age, such as the existence of the gods, their nature, and their concern for humankind.
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Language Introd. in French; one paper in Italian.
Subject Philosophy, Ancient -- Congresses.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Theology -- Congresses.
Theology.
God (Greek religion) -- Congresses.
God (Greek religion)
Indexed Term Humaniora Religionsvidenskab.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Frede, Dorothea, 1941-
Laks, André.
Symposium Hellenisticum (8th : 1998 : Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France)
Other Form: Print version: Traditions of theology. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002 9004122648 (DLC) 2001043098 (OCoLC)47785605
ISBN 1417551909 (electronic book)
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