03545nam a2200529Ka 4500 ocn817224955 OCoLC 20200709055624.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121112s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139839594 (electronic bk.) 1139839594 (electronic bk.) 9780521194570 0521194571 (OCoLC)817224955 498342 (N$T) BL51 .F64 2012eb REL 051000 bisacsh 210.9 23 PHI009000 bisacsh N$TA Fraenkel, Carlos, 1971- Philosophical religions from Plato to Spinoza [electronic resource] : reason, religion, and autonomy / Carlos Fraenkel. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (pages cm.) "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"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction: what is a philosophical religion?; 1. Reason, divine law, and self-rule in Plato; 2. Moses, Christ and the universal rule of reason in antiquity; 3. Communities of reason in the Islamic world; 4. Christianity as a philosophical religion in Spinoza; Epilogue: did the history of philosophical religions come to an end?. Description based on print version record. Philosophy and religion. Philosophy History. Religions. PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General. bisacsh RELIGION / Philosophy bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Fraenkel, Carlos, 1971- Philosophical religions from Plato to Spinoza. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521194570 (DLC) 2012018820 (OCoLC)796001765 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=498342 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018820-t.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018820-d.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018820-b.html Cover image http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/94570/cover/9780521194570.jpg EBSCOhost EBSC 498342 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51840 51840