The presocratics and the supernatural
Subtitle: magic, philosophy and science in early Greece
By: Andrew Gregory
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781472555847
Subjects: Pre-Socratic philosophers; Ancient Philosophy; Supernatural
Description: This book examines the relationship between magic, philosophy and the investigation of nature in presocratic Greece. Did the presocratic thinkers, often praised for their rejection of the supernatural, still believe in gods and the divine and the efficacy of magical practices? Did they use animism, astrology, numerology and mysticism in their explanations of the world? This book analyses the evidence in detail and argues that we need to look at each of these beliefs in context
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Natural and Supernatural; title: The Literary and Philosophical Background; title: Magic and Its Practice in Presocratic Greece; title: Milesian Pantheism; title: Xenophanes and the Drive Towards a Unitary God; title: The Hippocratics and the Sacred Disease; title: Empedocles; title: The Pythagoreans; title: Leucippus and Democritus; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index