A Platonic philosophy of religion : a process perspective
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A Platonic philosophy of religion : a process perspective
State University of New York Press, c2005
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 135-148
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A Platonic Philosophy of Religion challenges traditional views of Plato's religious thought, arguing that these overstate the case for the veneration of Being as opposed to Becoming. Daniel A. Dombrowski explores how process or neoclassical perspectives on Plato's view of God have been mostly neglected, impoverishing both our view of Plato and our view of what can be said in contemporary philosophy of religion on a Platonic basis. Looking at the largely ignored later dialogues, Dombrowski finds a dynamic theism in Plato and presents a new and very different Platonic philosophy of religion. The work's interpretive framework derives from the application of process philosophy and discusses the continuation of Plato's thought in the works of Hartshorne and Whitehead.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Taking the World Soul Seriously
2. Being Is Power
3. Forms As Items in Divine Psychical Process
4. Dipolar Theism
5. Arguments for the Existence of God
6. Becoming like God
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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