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100	1		_aMartin, Dale B.
245	1	0	_aInventing Superstition : _bFrom the Hippocratics to the Christians.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _c2004.
264		4	_c©2004.
300			_a1 online resource (320 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- 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.
520			_aMartin 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Ancient.
650		0	_aPhilosophy and religion-Greece.
650		0	_aPhilosophy and religion-Rome.
650		0	_aSuperstition-Religious aspects-History-To 1500.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMartin, Dale B. _tInventing Superstition _dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2004 _z9780674024076
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300273 _zClick to View
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