Ever since Vlastos' "Theology and Philosophy in Early Greek
Thought," scholars have known that a consideration of ancient
philosophy without attention to its theological, cosmological and
soteriological dimensions remains onesided. Yet, philosophers
continue to discuss thinkers such as Parmenides and Plato without
knowledge of their debt to the archaic religious traditions.
Perhaps our own religious prejudices allow us to see only a "polis
religion" in Greek religion, while our modern philosophical
openness and emphasis on reason induce us to rehabilitate ancient
philosophy by what we consider the highest standard of knowledge:
proper argumentation. Yet, it is possible to see ancient philosophy
as operating according to a different system of meaning, a
different "logic." Such a different sense of logic operates in myth
and other narratives, where the argument is neither completely
illogical nor rational in the positivist sense. The articles in
this volume undertake a critical engagement with this unspoken
legacy of Greek religion. The aim of the volume as a whole is to
show how, beyond the formalities and fallacies of arguments,
something more profound is at stake in ancient philosophy: the
salvation of the philosopher-initiate.
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