Philosophical religions from Plato to Spinoza : reason, religion, and autonomy /

Philosophical religions from Plato to Spinoza : reason, religion, and autonomy /

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Author / Creator:	Fraenkel, Carlos, 1971- author.
Imprint:	[Cambridge] : [Cambridge University Press], [2012] ©2012
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Philosophy and religion. Philosophy -- History. Religions. Philosophy. Philosophy and religion. Religions. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11831242

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ISBN:	9781139839594 1139839594 9781139043052 1139043056 1283746557 9781283746557 9781139841979 1139841971 9780521194570 0521194571
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"For many thinkers from Antiquity until the Enlightenment, no meaningful distinction between philosophy and religion was possible. Instead, the concept of a philosophical religion was strongly influential on pagan, Jewish, Christian and Muslim philosophers alike. Carlos Fraenkel provides the first account of this concept and traces its history back to Plato, the Jewish Philo of Alexandria and the Christians Clement of Alexandria and Origen. He then follows it through the medieval period in both Islamic and Jewish forms; he closely analyses its appearance in the work of Spinoza in the early modern period; and he shows how it largely disappeared after the Enlightenment, when religion began to be increasingly regarded as a promoter of ignorance and superstition from which philosophy needed to be liberated. His rich and wide-ranging book will appeal to anyone interested in how philosophy has interacted with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious traditions over the centuries"--
Other form:	Print version: Fraenkel, Carlos, 1971- Philosophical religions from Plato to Spinoza. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521194570

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Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781139839594 1139839594 9781139043052 1139043056 1283746557 9781283746557 9781139841979 1139841971 9780521194570 0521194571