The Religion of SocratesPennsylvania State University Press, 1996 - 353 sivua This study argues that to understand Socrates we must uncover and analyze his religious views, since his philosophical and religious views are part of one seamless whole. Mark McPherran provides a close analysis of the relevant Socratic texts, an analysis that yields a comprehensive and original account of Socrates' commitments to religion (e.g., the nature of the gods, the immortality of the soul). McPherran finds that Socrates was not only a rational philosopher of the first rank, but a figure with a profoundly religious nature as well, believing in the existence of gods vastly superior to ourselves in power and wisdom and sharing other traditional religious commitments with his contemporaries. However, Socrates was just as much a sensitive critic and rational reformer of both the religious tradition he inherited and the new cultic incursions he encountered. McPherran contends that Socrates saw his religious commitments as integral to his philosophical mission of moral examination and, in turn, used the rationally derived convictions underlying that mission to reshape the religious conventions of his time. As a result, Socrates made important contributions to the rational reformation of Greek religion, contributions that incited and informed the theology of his brilliant pupil, Plato. |
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... Chapter 2.2 . A revision of " Socratic Reason and Socratic Revelation , " Journal of the History of Philosophy 29 ( 1991 ) , 345–374 , appears herein as Chapter 4.1 . A revision of " Socrates and the Duty to Philosophize , " Southern ...
... Chapter 2.2 ) , the evidence indicates that Socrates is committed to a rejection of the purely mercantile and amoral / immoral senses of sacrifi- cial cult . His gods cannot care for any material sacrifice per se , and curse ...
... Chapter 2.2 ) . While , again , serving the gods via philosophy has pride of place in provid- ing such honors , honorific actions can include god - honoring / thanking prayers and material sacrifices.199 Such actions serve the gods in ...
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Socratic Piety in the Euthyphro | 29 |
Socrates and His Accusers | 83 |
Socratic Reason and Socratic Revelation | 175 |
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