The goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and lucid English, illuminates Greek philosophy by showing how it grows out of ancient Greek religion and how it compares to biblical religion.
The goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and lucid English, illuminates Greek philosophy by showing how it grows out of ancient Greek religion and how it compares to biblical religion.
JAMES BERNARD MURPHY is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He is also the author of How to Think Politically (with Graeme Garrard, 2019) and Haunted by Paradise: A Philosopher's Quest for Biblical Answers to Key Moral Questions (2021).
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Introduction: Why better implies best 1. Theology as anthropology, anthropology as theology 2. Heroic deification in Ancient Greek religion 3. Ironic deification in Socrates 4. Civic deification in Plato 5. Developmental deification in Aristotle 6. Deification as loving union with God in the Bible Conclusion: Athens and Jerusalem.
Introduction: Why better implies best 1. Theology as anthropology, anthropology as theology 2. Heroic deification in Ancient Greek religion 3. Ironic deification in Socrates 4. Civic deification in Plato 5. Developmental deification in Aristotle 6. Deification as loving union with God in the Bible Conclusion: Athens and Jerusalem.
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