God and cosmos in stoicism
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199556144
Date de publication :
24 sept. 2009
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,3 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
585 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Nine new essays examine the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The contributors discuss the nature of god, his relation to the material world, fate and causation, rival cosmologies, and the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.