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Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults
Author | : María José García Blanco,María José Martín-Velasco |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2016-02-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781443889599 |
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The contributions to this book offer a broad vision of the relationships that were established between Greek Philosophy and the Mystery Cults. The authors centre their attention on such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic and the Neoplatonist philosophers, who used – and in some cases criticised – doctrinal elements from Mystery Cults, adapting them to their own thinking. Thus, the volume provides a new approach to some of the most renowned Greek philosophers, highlighting the influence that Mystery Cults, such as Orphism, Dionysianism, or the Eleusinian rites, had on the formation of fundamental aspects of their thinking. Given its interdisciplinary character, this book will appeal to a broad academic readership interested in the origin of Hellenic thinking and culture. It will be especially useful for those eager for a deeper approach to two fundamental domains that attract the attention of many Antiquity scholars: Greek philosophy and religion.
Ancient Mystery Cults
Author | : Walter Burkert |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1989-10-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780674253155 |
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The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices. Secret mystery cults flourished within the larger culture of the public religion of Greece and Rome for roughly a thousand years. This book is neither a history nor a survey but a comparative phenomenology, concentrating on five major cults. In defining the mysteries and describing their rituals, membership, organization, and dissemination, Walter Burkert displays the remarkable erudition we have come to expect of him; he also shows great sensitivity and sympathy in interpreting the experiences and motivations of the devotees.
Greek Mysteries
Author | : Michael B. Cosmopoulos |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2005-08-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134536160 |
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Written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this excellent book studies a wide range of contributions and showcases new research on the archaeology, ritual and history of Greek mystery cults. With a lack of written evidence that exists for the mysteries, archaeology has proved central to explaining their significance and this volume is key to understanding a phenomenon central to Greek religion and society.
Mystery Cults in the Ancient World
Author | : Hugh Bowden |
Publsiher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2023-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780500778623 |
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Mystery cults are one of the most intriguing areas of Greek and Roman religion. In the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis, participants dramatically re-enacted the story of Demeter's loss and recovery of her daughter Persephone; in Bacchic cult, bands of women ran wild in the Greek countryside to honour Dionysus; in the mysteries of Mithras, men came to understand the nature of the universe and their place within it through frightening initiation ceremonies and astrological teachings. These cults were an important part of life in the ancient Mediterranean world, but their actual practices were shrouded in secrecy, and much of what they were about has remained unclear until now. This is the first book to describe and explain all the major mystery cults of the ancient world, cult by cult, reconstructing the rituals and exploring their origins. It makes plentiful use of artistic and archaeological evidence, as well as ancient literature and epigraphy. Greek painted pottery, Roman frescoes, inscribed gold tablets from Greek and South Italian tombs and the excavated sites of ancient religious sanctuaries all contribute to our understanding of ancient mystery cults. Making use of the most recent work on these cults, the book is also informed by crucial current work on the anthropology and cognitive science of religion. Not only is this clearly written book a significant contribution to the study of these cults, but it is also accessible to a general readership. More than any other book on ancient religion, it allows the reader to understand what it was like to participate in these life-transforming religious events.
Faith and Philosophy
Author | : Jerry H. Gill |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 2021-10-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9789004465640 |
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A tracing of the dynamics of the relationship between Faith and Philosophy throughout Western intellectual history, following the dynamics of Tertullian’s ancient question: “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” In the conclusion the author presents his own approach to this question.
The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers
Author | : Werner Jaeger |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781592443215 |
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The new and revolutionizing ideas which the early Greek thinkers developed about the nature of the universe had a direct impact upon their conception of what they called, in a new sense, 'God' or 'the Divine.' The history of the philosophical theology of the Greeks is thus the history of their rational approach to the nature of reality itself in its successive phases. The late Professor Jaeger's classic book traces this development from the first intimations in Hesiod of the theology that was to come, through the heroic age of Greek cosmological thought, down to the time of the Sophists of the fifth century B.C.
The Mystery Religions
Author | : S. Angus |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780486143514 |
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Classic study explores the Eleusinian mysteries of ancient Greece; Asiatic cults of Cybele, the Magna Mater, and Attis; Dionysian groups; Orphics; Egyptian devotees of Isis and Osiris; Mithraism; and others.
Hellenistic Mystery Religions
Author | : Richard Reitzenstein |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1978-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780915138203 |
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