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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... existence of divinities ( daí- μovεç ) in the same way ( just as those who believe in " horse matters " must believe in the existence of horses ) . ( 27b3 - c10 ) 2. Anyone who believes in the existence of divinities ( daíμovɛ5 ) must ...
... existence of the invisible , nonphysical human soul ( 1.4.13– 14 ; 4.3.11-12 , 14 ) . This is the best ( xgátiotos ) sort of soul in our domain of existence , since it has the capacity for perception , memory , governance of the body ...
... existence is uncon- ditioned by the dependent existence of their sensible manifestations . De- stroy a beautiful thing ( or them all ) and Beauty remains untouched , but not the converse.136 They are not apprehended by the senses ( Phd ...
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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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