Drozdek, Adam
Athanasia

Afterlife in Greek Philosophy.

Die englischsprachige Studie untersucht das Problem der Unsterblichkeit und Eschatologie in der griechischen Philosophie von den Vorsokratikern bis zur frühen hellenistischen Zeit. Der Autor untersucht die Ansichten der griechischen Philosophen über die Seele und ihre Standpunkte zur Aussicht auf ewige menschliche Existenz nach dem Tod, und kommt zu dem Schluss, dass das Problem der Eschatologie für die griechischen Philosophen in der Regel nur von sekundärem Interesse war. Aus dem Inhalt: Epic eschatology. Eschatological redirection (Eleusis, Orphism, Dionysus). The Milesians. The Pythagoreans. Xenophanes. Heraclitus. Parmenides. Empedocles. Anaxagoras. The atomists. Diogenes of Apollonia. The older sophists. Socrates. Plato. Aristotle. The Old Academy. The Early Lyceum. Epicurus. The Early Stoa. A historical investigation of the problem of immortality and eschatology in Greek philosophy from the Presocratics to the early Hellenistic period. It investigates psychological views of Greek philosophers and their views on the prospects of infinite human existence after death. The view espoused in the book is that the problem of eschatology was, generally, of secondary importance for Greek philosophers. It was an important problem at the dawn of Greek philosophy when a new anthropology was established by three forces: the mystery religion, the Orphics, and the Pythagoreans. A long period of disinterest in eschatology followed (with the possible exception of Empedocles), and the importance of psychology was again recognized by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and the problem of eschatology was investigated anew by Socrates and the Academy. 326 Seiten, broschiert (Spudasmata; Band 137/Olms Verlag 2011)