Post-Hellenistic Perspectives on Divination, the Individual, and the Cosmos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elsa Giovanna Simonetti (0000-0002-5634-780X, KU Leuven, Belgium [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 82-102 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0155-977X • E-ISSN: 1558-5727 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/sa.2021.650205 |
| OpenAlex | W3201164055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article investigates the relation between ancient divinatory theories and ontological assumptions about individuals, the gods, and the cosmos through the writings of Dio Chrysostom, Epictetus, and Maximus of Tyre—three philosophers who belong to the first Roman imperial age. By exploring their works in light of recent anthropological studies, this article will discuss how different divinatory systems generate, and are embedded in, specific ontologies. All three writers analyze divination as a means to bridge contingency and transcendence and to situate individuals within the cosmos. As such, their analysis of divination relates to specific ontological systems: a mono-ontology reducible to one divinematerial principle for Epictetus, and the poly-ontology of a graduated cosmos for Dio Chrysostom and Maximus of Tyre
Art · Art history · Contingency · Divination · Epistemology · John Chrysostom · Literature · Ontology · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
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Essays on Chinese Civilization
Beyond Nature and Culture
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Les dieux « nomothètes ». Oracles et prescriptions religieuses à l'époque romaine impériale
Ontology with Chinese characteristics
Truth in Motion
The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity
Modes of being and forms of predication
Understanding anthropological understanding
Finding Meaning in the Text
Why Divination
Divinatory Logics
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |