This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book covers three essential topics in Stoic theology: the active and demiurgical character of god, his corporeal nature and irreducibility to matter, and fate as the network of causes through which god acts upon the cosmos. The second part turns to Stoic cosmology, and how it relates to other cosmologies of the time. The third part examines the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.
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Contents 8
List of Contributors 10
Introduction: God and Cosmos in Stoicism 12
I. GOD, PROVIDENCE, AND FATE 32
1. How Industrious can Zeus be? The Extent and Objects of Divine Activity in Stoicism 34
2. The Stoics on Matter and Prime Matter: ‘Corporealism’ and the Imprint of Plato’s Timaeus 57
3. Chain of Causes: What is Stoic Fate? 82
II. ELEMENTS, COSMOGONY, AND CONFLAGRATION 102
4. Chrysippus on Physical Elements 104
5. Chrysippus on Conflagration and the Indestructibility of the Cosmos 129
6. Stoic Themes in Peripatetic Sources? 146
III. THE ETHICS AND RELIGION OF STOIC COSMO-THEOLOGY 182
7. Does Cosmic Nature Matter? Some Remarks on the Cosmological Aspects of Stoic Ethics 184
8. Why Physics? 212
9. Stoic Philosophical Theology and Graeco-Roman Religion 235
Index Nominum 264
A 264
B 264
C 265
D 266
E 266
F 266
G 267
H 267
I 267
J 267
K 267
L 267
M 268
N 268
O 268
P 268
R 269
S 269
T 270
U 270
V 270
W 270
X 270
Z 270
Index Locorum 272

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[edited by] Ricardo Sslles

Salles, Ricardo.

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

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Oxford University Press, USA

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford, New York, England, 2009

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出版日期: 2010.01

出版社: Oxford University Press, USA

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Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: God and cosmos in stoicism / Ricardo Salles
God, providence, and fate
How industrious can Zeus be? : the extent and objects of divine activity in stoicism / Thomas BenatouIl
The stoics on matter and prime matter : corporealism and theimprint of Plato's Timaeus / Jean-Baptiste Gourinat
Chain of causes : what is stoic fate? / Susan SauvE Meyer
Elements, cosmogony, and conflagration
Chrysippus on physical elements / John M. Cooper
Chrysippus on conflagration and the indestructibility of the cosmos / Ricardo Salles
Stoic themes in peripatetic physics? / Inna Kupreeva
The ethics and religion of stoic cosmo-theology
Does cosmic nature matter? : some reflections on the cosmological aspects of stoic ethics / Marcelo Boeri
Why physics? / Brad Inwood
Stoic philosophical theology and Graeco-Roman religion / Keimpe Algra.

<p>This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book 'God, providence, and fate' covers three essential topics in Stoic theology: the active and demiurgical character of god, his corporeal nature and irreducibility to matter, and fate as the network of causes through which god acts upon the cosmos. The second part turns to Stoic cosmology and elemental theory, and studies how they relate to other physical theories of the time. The third part examines the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.</p>

This title features nine new essays which examine the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The contributors discuss the nature of god, his relation to the material world, fate and causation, rival cosmologies, and the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos

2025-10-27