God and Cosmos in Stoicism

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-955614-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

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 second part turns to Stoic cosmology, and how it relates to other cosmologies of the time. The third part examines the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salles, Ricardo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: God and Cosmos in Stoicism

- Part I: God, providence, and fate

- 1: Thomas Benatouil: How industrious can Zeus be? The extent and objects of divine activity in Stoicism.

- 2: Jean-Baptiste Gourinat: The Stoics on matter and prime-matter: corporealism and the imprint of Plato's Timaeus

- 3: Susan Sauvé Meyer: Chain of causes: what is Stoic Fate?

- Part II: Elements, cosmogony and conflagration

- 4: John Cooper: Chrysippus on Physical Elements

- 5: Ricardo Salles: Chrysippus on conflagration and the indestructibility of the cosmos

- 6: Inna Kupreeva: Stoic Themes in Peripatetic physics?

- Part III: The ethics and religion of Stoic cosmo-theology

- 7: Marcelo Boeri: Does cosmic nature matter? Some reflections on the cosmological aspects of Stoic ethics

- 8: Brad Inwood: Why Physics?

- 9: Keimpe Algra: Stoic Philosophical Theology and Graeco-Roman Religion

Über Autor(innen)

Ricardo Salles is Professor of Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.