Inventing Superstition : From the Hippocratics to the Christians.
Martin, Dale B.
Inventing Superstition : From the Hippocratics to the Christians. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (320 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Superstitious Christians -- 2 Problems of Definition -- 3 Inventing Deisidaimonia: Theophrastus, ReligiousEtiquette, and Theological Optimism -- 4 Dealing with Disease: The Hippocratics and theDivine -- 5 Solidifying a New Sensibility: Plato and Aristotleon the Optimal Universe -- 6 Diodorus Siculus and the Failure of Philosophy -- 7 Cracks in the Philosophical System: Plutarch andthe Philosophy of Demons -- 8 Galen on the Necessity of Nature and theTheology of Teleology -- 9 Roman Superstitio and Roman Power -- 10 Celsus and the Attack on Christianity -- 11 Origen and the Defense of Christianity -- 12 The Philosophers Turn: Philosophical Daimons inLate Antiquity -- 13 Turning the Tables: Eusebius, the "Triumph" ofChristianity, and the Superstition of the Greeks -- Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of a GrandOptimal Illusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Martin provides the first detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the fourth century C.E.
9780674040694
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy and religion-Greece.
Philosophy and religion-Rome.
Superstition-Religious aspects-History-To 1500.
Electronic books.
B187
398/.41/0901
Inventing Superstition : From the Hippocratics to the Christians. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (320 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Superstitious Christians -- 2 Problems of Definition -- 3 Inventing Deisidaimonia: Theophrastus, ReligiousEtiquette, and Theological Optimism -- 4 Dealing with Disease: The Hippocratics and theDivine -- 5 Solidifying a New Sensibility: Plato and Aristotleon the Optimal Universe -- 6 Diodorus Siculus and the Failure of Philosophy -- 7 Cracks in the Philosophical System: Plutarch andthe Philosophy of Demons -- 8 Galen on the Necessity of Nature and theTheology of Teleology -- 9 Roman Superstitio and Roman Power -- 10 Celsus and the Attack on Christianity -- 11 Origen and the Defense of Christianity -- 12 The Philosophers Turn: Philosophical Daimons inLate Antiquity -- 13 Turning the Tables: Eusebius, the "Triumph" ofChristianity, and the Superstition of the Greeks -- Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of a GrandOptimal Illusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Martin provides the first detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the fourth century C.E.
9780674040694
Philosophy, Ancient.
Philosophy and religion-Greece.
Philosophy and religion-Rome.
Superstition-Religious aspects-History-To 1500.
Electronic books.
B187
398/.41/0901