Encyclopedia of Classical PhilosophyDonald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis The only encyclopedia in English specific to the field of Classical Philosophy, this work presents 270 articles on major and minor figures and on topics of importance to the philosophy of Greek and Roman antiquity. The articles present not only succinct historical accounts of their subject matter, but they introduce readers to issues of interpretation and debate in the contemporary scholarly study of the philosophy of the Classical period. Scholars, students, and interested lay persons will find this volume useful in gaining a comprehensive view of the field. The contributors, representing three continents, are themselves leading scholars of international stature. |
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... divine immutability in their accounts of the creation of the world and not compromising divine omnipotence and self - sufficiency in their discussion of a material principle . Philo " re- solves " this tension by distinguishing between ...
... divine objects to be studied ( unlike the divine objects studied in Aristotle's De Caelo ) are beyond the physical world . Although Aristotle uses " wisdom " and " first philosophy " for the same discipline , these names are not ...
... divine characteristics of immortality , un- changeability , and perfection to impersonal being . We might say that he seeks to detach * metaphysics not just from civic and mythical theology , but even from any philosophical theology ...
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