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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
As Socrates Shows, the Athenians Did Not Believe in Gods
Contributor:
Giordano-Zecharya, Manuela
Published:
Brill, 2005
Published in:
Numen, 52 (2005) 3, Seite 325-355
Language:
Not determined
DOI:
10.1163/156852705774342824
ISSN:
0029-5973;
1568-5276
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractThis paper reopens the discussion of key terms of the Socratic indictment, such as "worship" or "belief," from the point of view of Athenian religiosity. It addresses the content of the accusation itself: the main contention is that the accusations of "atheism" and "disbelief " are indeed opaque when understood against the background of the sources and in the context of Greek religiosity. The investigation includes a detailed inquiry into the categories of faith and belief and into the cultural reasons underlying the choice of these terms in Socratic scholarship.