Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza : Reason, Religion, and Autonomy
ISBN: 9780521194570 | 0521194571
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 1/7/2013
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This book argues that for many pagan, Jewish, Christian and Muslim philosophers there was no meaningful distinction between philosophy and religion until the Enlightenment. It also offers a new interpretation of Spinoza's take on religion that reveals the extent to which it is rooted in medieval Muslim and Jewish philosophy.
For many thinkers from antiquity until the Enlightenment, no meaningful distinction between philosophy and religion was possible. Instead, the concept of a philosophical religion was strongly i... MORE
For many thinkers from antiquity until the Enlightenment, no meaningful distinction between philosophy and religion was possible. Instead, the concept of a philosophical religion was strongly i... MORE
| Introduction: what is a philosophical religion? | |
| Reason, divine law, and self-rule in Plato | |
| Moses, Christ and the universal rule of reason in antiquity | |
| Communities of reason in the Islamic world | |
| Christianity as a philosophical religion in Spinoza | |
| Epilogue: did the history of philosophical religions come to an end? | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. | ... MORE
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