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Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues (Hardcover)
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Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues (Hardcover)
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In ancient Greece, philosophers developed new and dazzling ideas
about divinity, drawing on the deep well of poetry, myth, and
religious practices even as they set out to construct new
theological ideas. Andrea Nightingale argues that Plato shared in
this culture and appropriates specific Greek religious discourses
and practices to present his metaphysical philosophy. In
particular, he uses the Greek conception of divine epiphany - a god
appearing to humans - to claim that the Forms manifest their
divinity epiphanically to the philosopher, with the result that the
human soul becomes divine by contemplating these Forms and the
cosmos. Nightingale also offers a detailed discussion of the
Eleusinian Mysteries and the Orphic Mysteries and shows how these
mystery religions influenced Plato's thinking. This book offers a
robust challenge to the idea that Plato is a secular thinker.
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