Becoming God - Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy (Paperback)

Becoming god was an ideal of many ancient Greek philosophers, as was the life of reason, which they equated with divinity. This book argues that their rival accounts of this equation depended on their divergent attitudes toward time. Affirming it, Heraclitus developed a paradoxical style of reasoningGCochiasmusGCothat was the activity of his becoming god. Denying it as contradictory, Parmenides sought to purify thinking of all contradiction, offering eternity to those who would follow him. Plato did, fusing this pure style of reasoningGCoconsistencyGCowith a Pythagorean program of purification and divinization that would then influence philosophers from Aristotle to Kant. Those interested in Greek philosophical and religious thought will find fresh interpretations of its early figures, as well as a lucid presentation of the first and most influential attempts to link together divinity, rationality, and selfhood.

General

Imprint:	Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Bloomsbury Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	July 2012
Authors:	Patrick Lee Miller
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-5270-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4411-5270-9
Barcode:	9781441152701

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