Springs of Western Civilization
A Comparative Study of Hebrew and Classical Cultures
Seiten
2017
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3479-6 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3479-6 (ISBN)
This book explores how the Hebraic and classical traditions forming our Western heritage combined from about 300 BCE to 300 CE. James Arieti investigates the principal causes of the merger in the common model of God that developed in the Greek philosophical schools, along with its ethical implications.
Springs of Western Civilization is a comparative exploration of the Hebraic and classical traditions that form our heritage. In examining these traditions before they united, James Arieti locates the catalyst for their bonding in two related circumstances: adoption by the biblical world of an eclectic mélange of Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Stoicism that, in the centuries on each side of the Common Era, produced consensus models both of God and of a warmhearted individual; and belief that the writings of Plato were literally true—a belief that arose from failing to understand his playful, metaphorical techniques of composition. Among the many effects of the mingling of biblical and philosophical values was a re-focusing of literature from the heroes of epic to the compassionate characters we recognize as Menschen.
Springs of Western Civilization is a comparative exploration of the Hebraic and classical traditions that form our heritage. In examining these traditions before they united, James Arieti locates the catalyst for their bonding in two related circumstances: adoption by the biblical world of an eclectic mélange of Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Stoicism that, in the centuries on each side of the Common Era, produced consensus models both of God and of a warmhearted individual; and belief that the writings of Plato were literally true—a belief that arose from failing to understand his playful, metaphorical techniques of composition. Among the many effects of the mingling of biblical and philosophical values was a re-focusing of literature from the heroes of epic to the compassionate characters we recognize as Menschen.
James A. Arieti is Graves H. Thompson Professor of Classics at Hampden-Sydney College.
Introduction
Chapter One: Nature
Chapter Two: Human Phenomena
Chapter 3: Family Matters
Chapter 4: Political Matters
Chapter 5: Religious Matters
Chapter 6: Conclusions
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 238 mm |
| Gewicht | 671 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-3479-1 / 1498534791 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-3479-6 / 9781498534796 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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