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Plato's Theologia Revisited, Gerard Naddaf
Plato's Theologia Revisited, Gerard Naddaf
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
The word theologia is attested for the first time in Plato’s Republic II, 379a4: Hoi tupoi peri theologias. According to Werner Jaeger (The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers, Oxford 1947, 4-‐13), Plato coined the word to support the introduction of a new doctrine which resulted from a conflict between the mythical and the natural (rational) approach to the problem of God. For Jaeger, the word theologia designates what Aristotle was later to call theologikê or “first philosophy (hê protê philosophia) – whence his translation of hoi tupoi peri theologias by “outlines of theology.” Victor Goldschmidt, for his part, in …
The Functionalism And Dynamism Of Aristotle, John Herman Randall Jr.
The Functionalism And Dynamism Of Aristotle, John Herman Randall Jr.
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
It is the contention of this paper that Aristotle's thought is relevant and suggestive for two of the most important present-day philosophical movements, the concern with language, and the concern with natural processes and their analysis. Aristotle can be viewed today as the outstanding functionalist of the Western tradition. Aristotle's philosophy is more than important, it is true.