Rethinking the gods : philosophical readings of religion in the post-Hellenistic period /
"Ancient philosophers had always been fascinated by religion. From the first century BC onwards the traditionally hostile attitude of Greek and Roman philosophy was abandoned in favour of the view that religion was a source of philosophical knowledge. This book studies that change, not from the...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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Series: | Greek culture in the Roman world
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