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Ancient Philosophical Theology
In Charles Taliaferro & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 81–90 (1997)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Presocratics Plato Aristotle Hellenistic and Later Philosophy Works cited.Author's Profile
philosophical theology and philosophy of religion in western history ancient philosophical theology Aristotle's terminology, Presocratics' philosophical project ‐ perceived in the ancient world and by Presocratics John Burnet, Presocratics employing terms like “God ” (ho theos) and “ the divine ” (to theion), in a totally non‐religious way Xenophanes ‐ toward monotheism, “One god, greatest among gods and men, in no way similar to mortals either in body or in thought ” Plato, speaking unfavorably of cultic worship and of gods of mythologists two strands of Platonic doctrine ‐ one depicting a “rational” and the other a “interventionist” God Hellenistic and Later Philosophy causal relationship of the One (also called the Good) ‐ to the rest of the universe is, as in Aristotle, one of attraction and finality
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